Narrated articles and conversations with the world's foremost futures thinkers, delivered to you by FARSIGHT, a quarterly publication by the Copenhagen Institut...
More from Stockholm. We visit futurist and philosopher Karim Jebari from the Mimir Centre for Long-Term Futures Research at Sweden's Institute for Futures Studies. Jebari researches transhumanism, our future in space, climate change, and other existential risks. He believes that futurism has become reactionary and backward-looking. Why? We get Jebari's answer (and much more).Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the InstituteGuest: Karim JebariHosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen & August Leo LiljenbergPublished by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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Gold, Guns, and Greenbacks
The history (and possible future) of dollar hegemony.Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute.Author: August Leo LiljenbergNarration: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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Visiting Sweden’s Superfuturist w/ Dr Anders Sandberg
We travel to Stockholm to visit Dr Anders Sandberg at the Mimir Centre for Long Term Futures Research – part of the Swedish Institute for Futures Studies – for a conversation on existential risks posed by AI, the state of futures studies today, being a polymath in the Nordics, and why there are so many Swedish futurists...
Sandberg holds a PhD in computational neuroscience and was previously a Research Fellow at the renowned Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at the University of Oxford, alongside other prominent futurists, such as Nick Bostrom and Toby Ord.
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Hosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen & August Leo Liljenberg
Guest: Anders Sandberg
Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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Cash Out
As digital payments take over, cash is disappearing – but should we think twice? From privacy concerns to power dynamics, the push toward a cashless society raises questions about control, choice, and trust.
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Author: Josh Sims
Narration: August Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)
Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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Wisdom in Wagers
The recent boom in prediction markets has breathed new life into an old debate: does the wisdom of the crowd combined with financial incentives produce the best forecasts of future events?
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Author: Casper Skovgaard Petersen
Narrator: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)
Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
Narrated articles and conversations with the world's foremost futures thinkers, delivered to you by FARSIGHT, a quarterly publication by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.