tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27290920.post6401572281188227780..comments2024-01-06T03:54:46.267-05:00Comments on the sceptical futuryst: The compleat Wired future artifacts gallery 02006Stuart Candyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847397597090443677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27290920.post-63642370204817693152008-06-18T10:54:00.000-04:002008-06-18T10:54:00.000-04:00Stuart, I came upon your post a little late. Wired...Stuart, I came upon your post a little late. Wired's artifacts feature is often a little ho hum to a futurist, but I really like the one-picture approach for provoking fresh thinking, laying down a what if, and taking a somewhat more subtle, but mind-changing approach to forecasting and/or scenarios. We futurists can use images like this as a method, so I am glad to be reminded of these.<BR/><BR/>John MahaffieJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479803423090022974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27290920.post-64297855698466750962008-03-19T05:57:00.000-04:002008-03-19T05:57:00.000-04:00Today, one of my eagle-eyed Intro to Politics stud...Today, one of my eagle-eyed Intro to Politics students <A HREF="http://futurejamming.blogspot.com/2008/03/future-artifact_7852.html" REL="nofollow">spotted</A> a post by Finnish blogger Sami Viitamäki, relating to the above.<BR/><BR/>It's reassuring to find that I'm not the only one who noticed the similarity of the University of Washington's bionic contact lens announcement to <EM>Wired</EM>'s "Found" feature in issue 14.07. And Viitamäki <A HREF="http://www.samiviitamaki.com/2008/01/24/the-future-is-already-here/" REL="nofollow">blogged it</A> a week before I did.<BR/><BR/>As improvements in image search unfold, I'm looking forward (as it were) to many more moments like this -- where the unfolding reality catches up with visions already at large, and the two can be compared side by side.<BR/><BR/>Which ought to offer interesting fodder for learning about the potential and limitations of foresight -- literally; like a sort of visual counterpart to <A HREF="http://www.longbets.org" REL="nofollow">long bets</A>.Stuart Candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847397597090443677noreply@blogger.com