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Specialty Futurists
Having been working on this project with Dr. Hines for several months now, I thought I would discuss the articles that have really piqued my [...]
“Scanning the Fringe” call for presenters
We are looking forward to seeing you at the 2018 Spring Gathering themed "Scanning the Fringe." We will do our usual dinner and social on [...]
First Impressions of our "Futurists in Media" Scanner
When I began this project of searching for mentions of futurist in the media, I was interested to see that there were no articles over [...]
Tech 1313 Explores Jobs and Robots
The Houston Foresight Program introduces futures thinking into a few undergrad glasses. One is led by Alexandra Whittington called TECH 1313 (The Impact of Modern [...]
First impressions of futurists in the media
As the new Fall 2018 FIM researcher, I thought I would share some first impressions. Almost all the articles about futurists have been positive or [...]
Student Craig Perry's Review of Superforecasting in APF Compass
In the July 2017 issue of the APF's Compass, foresight student Craig Perry reviews Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction, by Phillip E. Tetlock and [...]
Houston Foresight Produces On the Horizon Special Issue: Student Needs 2025
Houston Foresight advances its endeavor to produce high-quality foresight work that helps businesses, governments, institutions and even students anticipate and prepare for the future by [...]
Introducing Kimberly Daniels as the Fall 2017 Foresight GA
The baton has passed once again to a new GA this Fall – introducing Kimberly Daniels! Kimberly is a full-time student that recently relocated to [...]
The 2017 APF Seattle Gathering: Global Health Futures
Attendance by some at this year's Association of Professional Futurists (APF) conference, held in Seattle, WA July 27-29, was delightfully nostalgic on one hand, and [...]
Apple in the Forest
Foresight is about aligning decisions in the present with the future that is emerging, something Apple has been doing, to some extent, over the decades. At [...]
Houston Foresight Spring 2017 Newsletter
Just realized that I neglected to post the Spring Newsletter put out by our Department. This issue includes: Foresight: A Description of the Field, by student [...]
Forest Futures: Economic Growth or Degrowth?
Since the 1972 publication of Donella Meadow's Limit to Growth, many proponents of long-term future sustainability and the survival of man given the steady depletion [...]