23 Oct Rough guide to the future
By Nik Barten, Pantopicon
Science writer Jon Turney is writing a Rough Guide to the Future (due out in Autumn 2009). He blogs about his fascinating writing journey at Unreliable futures. The flexible format of a tourist guide is ideally suited to immerse readers in a future(s) context. Turney’s guide aims to be a real guide to navigate possible futures and ways in which people imagine(d), envision(ed) and tell stories about them. The book will consist of three major sections. The first will sketch an overview of different conceptualizations of time. The second part will delve into problems and promises of the next decades and beyond. Last but not least, the third section will deal with the ‘big’, cosmic futures.
Turney sees every person as a futurologist. He emphasizes how the future is an inherent part of the human mindset and actively engaging with it is/ought to be a necessary aspect of everyone’s life. According to Jon – cheers – he/she who loses the capacity to imagine the future is not a human being to the fullest!
Keep up the good work Jon, I imagine many await the realization of the book to dive into the fascinating possible worlds of tomorrow.
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