Short Presentation on Riel Miller's "

1. Being Without Existing: The Futures
Community at a Turning Point? A Comment
on Jay Ogilvy’s “Facing the Fold”
A Friendly Walk Through
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2. Jay Ogilvy’s “Facing the Fold”
Four Historical Stages
From Tradition to Modern Progression
to PostModern Synergy/Pessimism to
Multiple Futures View (Tragicomic)
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3. Jay Ogilvy’s “Facing the Fold”
Scenaric Stances
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4. Jay Ogilvy’s “Facing the Fold”
Scenaric Stances
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5. Riel’s Beliefs
Scenaric Stances As Balance
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6. Riel’s Beliefs
Onotological and Anticipatory Systems Thinking
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7. Riel’s Beliefs
Embracing the Unknown
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8. Riel’s Beliefs
“The bottom line is that to meet our
desire to respect the moral
imperative of acting to create a
better world we need to change
how we think about the future not
what specific futures we imagine.”
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9. Questions
- Is it desirable to be open to all possibilities,
regardless of “plausibility”?
- How would you attempt to frame your ontological
beginnings with an anticipatory systems progression
in your domain?
- Does your level of questions cease at the “what’s in,
what’s out” question at the beginning of your
framework?
Wednesday, September 5, 2012