Talk given in Italy in November 2011. What are the kinds of issues we'll be facing over the next 20 years -- and how do we deal with them?

1. READY OR NOT
THE 20 YEAR CHALLENGE
Jamais Cascio
Research Fellow, Institute for the Future
November 30, 2011

2. WHY FUTURISM?

3. WHAT WILL THE NEXT 20 YEARS LOOK LIKE?

4. WARNING:
TURBULENCE AHEAD

5. CLIMATE: STRESS AND RESPONSE

6. RESOURCES: DEPLETION AND COLLAPSE

7. TRANSPARENCY: THE INVISIBLE BECOMES VISIBLE

8. CONNECTIONS: GLOBALLY LOCAL

9. ECONOMIES: THE NEED FOR RESILIENCE

10. MAKING: ATOMS AND BITS

11. HUMAN AUGMENTATION: HUMANITY AND MORE

12. SCENARIOS

13. REPERCUSSION

14. REINVENTION

15. REVOLUTION

17. FORESIGHT:
the capacity of a
system to
anticipate the
consequences of
present-day
actions; to
understand the
implications of
past choices; and
to spot weak
signals of change.

18. RESILIENCE:
the capacity of a
system to tolerate
disturbance without
collapse, to
withstand shocks, to
rebuild itself when
necessary, and to
improve itself when
possible.

19. PLAY:
Embracing
Turbulence.

20. JAMAIS CASCIO
OPEN THE FUTURE
CASCIO@OPENTHEFUTURE.COM
TWITTER: @CASCIO