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Nikolas Badminton: Geopolitical Technology Futures Keynote

Facing Our Futures

Nikolas Badminton: Geopolitical Technology Futures Keynote

From Hype to Hope: Moving Beyond Noise, Apathy, and the Illusion of Progress

Facing Our Futures

From Hype to Hope: Moving Beyond Noise, Apathy, and the Illusion of Progress

Designing What Comes Next with Nikolas Badminton

Facing Our Futures

Designing What Comes Next with Nikolas Badminton

The Future of Microrobotics

Artificial Intelligence / Facing Our Futures

The Future of Microrobotics

Nikolas Badminton to Speak at United Nations WIPO ‘Future of Transportation’

Facing Our Futures / Transportation

Nikolas Badminton to Speak at United Nations WIPO ‘Future of Transportation’

Nikolas Badminton on the Limitless Podcast

Facing Our Futures

Nikolas Badminton on the Limitless Podcast

Paul Saffo talks to Jay Ogilvy on the emergent nature of the future

Facing Our Futures / Foresight Methods / Futurist Think Tank

Paul Saffo talks to Jay Ogilvy on the emergent nature of the future

8 Artificial Intelligence articles any Responsible Business Leader Must read

Artificial Intelligence

8 Artificial Intelligence articles any Responsible Business Leader Must read

2025, the Year of Hope – by Nikolas Badminton

Facing Our Futures

2025, the Year of Hope – by Nikolas Badminton

Nikolas Badminton, Futurist Speaker – 4 Futurist Keynotes for 2025

Facing Our Futures / Futurist Keynote

Nikolas Badminton, Futurist Speaker – 4 Futurist Keynotes for 2025

The Future Wears RAGs: Unraveling the Fabric of Emerging AI

Artificial Intelligence

The Future Wears RAGs: Unraveling the Fabric of Emerging AI

Challenger City Toronto – Nikolas Badminton on balancing the best of tradition and big futures

Cities / Facing Our Futures

Challenger City Toronto – Nikolas Badminton on balancing the best of tradition and big futures

Generative AI, the good, the bad, and the ugly – the 2024 executive view

Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI, the good, the bad, and the ugly – the 2024 executive view

Artificial Intelligence, we must look beyond the hype

Artificial Intelligence / Facing Our Futures

Artificial Intelligence, we must look beyond the hype

On Futurism and Fatherhood

Facing Our Futures

On Futurism and Fatherhood

Event Planners – here’s how you can recognize an ‘A.I. Expert’

Artificial Intelligence

Event Planners – here’s how you can recognize an ‘A.I. Expert’

Jack White – Pioneer and Futurist

Facing Our Futures

Jack White – Pioneer and Futurist

Death of the Follower & the Future of Creativity on the Web with Jack Conte

Facing Our Futures

Death of the Follower & the Future of Creativity on the Web with Jack Conte

Is a simulation wrapping around us? Futurist Nikolas Badminton thinks so (Euronews)

Ecosystems / Facing Our Futures

Is a simulation wrapping around us? Futurist Nikolas Badminton thinks so (Euronews)

Using futures design to consider multi-species environments

Facing Our Futures / Foresight Methods

Using futures design to consider multi-species environments

Advice for Event Planners when selecting a Futurist Speaker

Futurist Keynote / Futurist Speaker

Advice for Event Planners when selecting a Futurist Speaker

We need more weird in modern business

Facing Our Futures

We need more weird in modern business

Democratizing Futures Thinking: Revolutionizing Strategic Planning with Caution

Facing Our Futures / Foresight Methods / Long-term thinking

Democratizing Futures Thinking: Revolutionizing Strategic Planning with Caution

Ignite your 2024 Sales Kick-off (SKO) with a Futurist Speaker

Long-term thinking

Ignite your 2024 Sales Kick-off (SKO) with a Futurist Speaker

Artificial intelligence future needs an energy breakthrough

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence future needs an energy breakthrough

Artificial Intelligence Futurist Speaker – Nikolas Badminton

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Futurist Speaker – Nikolas Badminton

The Future of Technology with Futurist Speaker Nikolas Badminton

Facing Our Futures / Futurist Keynote

The Future of Technology with Futurist Speaker Nikolas Badminton

Joy Buolamwini and Sam Altman: Unmasking the Future of AI

Artificial Intelligence

Joy Buolamwini and Sam Altman: Unmasking the Future of AI

CounterCloud – AI powered disinformation experiment

Artificial Intelligence / Facing Our Futures

CounterCloud – AI powered disinformation experiment

Everybody is looking into the future: a technology foresight perspective

Facing Our Futures / Foresight Methods

Everybody is looking into the future: a technology foresight perspective

New Keynotes for 2024 – Hope, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence

Facing Our Futures

New Keynotes for 2024 – Hope, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence

Personal dictatorships must be challenged

Facing Our Futures

Personal dictatorships must be challenged

Stephen Fry on How to use AI as a force for good

Artificial Intelligence

Stephen Fry on How to use AI as a force for good

Super Flux – The Ecological Intelligence Agency

Design Fiction

Super Flux – The Ecological Intelligence Agency

How do you become a futurist speaker?

Futurist Speaker

How do you become a futurist speaker?

Design Fiction Deep Dive – #001

Design Fiction

Design Fiction Deep Dive – #001

Upgrading Strategic Planning with Foresight with Futurist Speaker Nikolas Badminton

Facing Our Futures / Futurist Keynote

Upgrading Strategic Planning with Foresight with Futurist Speaker Nikolas Badminton

Designing the Future: A Conversation with Futurist Speaker Nikolas Badminton

Facing Our Futures

Designing the Future: A Conversation with Futurist Speaker Nikolas Badminton

‘It’s time to embrace the mess’ with Rory Sutherland

Business & Economy / Long-term thinking

‘It’s time to embrace the mess’ with Rory Sutherland

What CEOs are talking about in 2023

Facing Our Futures

What CEOs are talking about in 2023

The Astra Carta and Space Sustainability

Space

The Astra Carta and Space Sustainability

Oslo, the world’s most electric city

Energy / Facing Our Futures

Oslo, the world’s most electric city

Of Snake Oil Salesmen and New Tech Evangelists

Facing Our Futures

Of Snake Oil Salesmen and New Tech Evangelists

Yann LeCun – From Machine Learning to Autonomous Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence / Facing Our Futures

Yann LeCun – From Machine Learning to Autonomous Intelligence

Facing Our Futures selected as JP Morgan’s 2023 “Next Gen Pick”

Facing Our Futures

Facing Our Futures selected as JP Morgan’s 2023 “Next Gen Pick”

Nikolas Badminton on FuturePod

Facing Our Futures

Nikolas Badminton on FuturePod

Cyborg Camp YVR – 10 Years Since

Facing Our Futures

Cyborg Camp YVR – 10 Years Since

Futurist Speaker – 5 Futurist Keynotes

Facing Our Futures

Futurist Speaker – 5 Futurist Keynotes

Wait, The Robots Didn’t Take Our Jobs? — Erik Brynjolfsson

Artificial Intelligence / Facing Our Futures

Wait, The Robots Didn’t Take Our Jobs? — Erik Brynjolfsson

Nikolas Badminton is in the Next Big Idea Club

Facing Our Futures

Nikolas Badminton is in the Next Big Idea Club

Esther Perel on The Other AI – Artificial Intimacy

Artificial Intelligence

Esther Perel on The Other AI – Artificial Intimacy

Exit past the Water Cooler, by Kharis O’Connell

Facing Our Futures

Exit past the Water Cooler, by Kharis O’Connell

Better brands use authentic media production with Nikolas Badminton

Facing Our Futures

Better brands use authentic media production with Nikolas Badminton

Protopia, Not Utopia with Bronwyn Williams & Monika Bielskyte

Foresight Methods / Long-term thinking

Protopia, Not Utopia with Bronwyn Williams & Monika Bielskyte

How to Explore Future Thinking in Your Organization with Nikolas Badminton

Facing Our Futures

How to Explore Future Thinking in Your Organization with Nikolas Badminton

Questioning Hype and Embracing Organizational Excellence

Facing Our Futures

Questioning Hype and Embracing Organizational Excellence

10 reasons to not use ChatGPT

Artificial Intelligence

10 reasons to not use ChatGPT

Nikolas Badminton discusses Facing Our Futures on CTV

Facing Our Futures

Nikolas Badminton discusses Facing Our Futures on CTV

Nikolas Badminton on Facing Our Futures: Futurism is Activism

Facing Our Futures

Nikolas Badminton on Facing Our Futures: Futurism is Activism

Meta’s Yann LeCun on auto-regressive Large Language Models (LLMs)

Artificial Intelligence / Facing Our Futures

Meta’s Yann LeCun on auto-regressive Large Language Models (LLMs)

50 Life Lessons from a 50 Year Old Futurist

Facing Our Futures

50 Life Lessons from a 50 Year Old Futurist

CEO Futures Briefing: The Open Artificial Intelligence Rabbit Hole

CEO Futures Briefing / Facing Our Futures

CEO Futures Briefing: The Open Artificial Intelligence Rabbit Hole

Geordie Rose on Robot Brains and AGI

Facing Our Futures / Futurist Keynote / Science & Tech

Geordie Rose on Robot Brains and AGI

Who We Really Are… When Everything Goes Wrong

Facing Our Futures / Long-term thinking / Society

Who We Really Are… When Everything Goes Wrong

The Struggle of Writing a Book on Futures Design and Foresight

Facing Our Futures

The Struggle of Writing a Book on Futures Design and Foresight

Doomsday Clock Set to 90 Seconds to Midnight

Facing Our Futures

Doomsday Clock Set to 90 Seconds to Midnight

Dealing with renewable energy doubters and conspiracy theorists

Energy / Facing Our Futures

Dealing with renewable energy doubters and conspiracy theorists

New Futurist Think Tank Member – Polly M Allen

Futurist Think Tank

New Futurist Think Tank Member – Polly M Allen

Clowns and Profits (Puns intended)

Facing Our Futures

Clowns and Profits (Puns intended)

ChatGPT Discusses the Risks of Large language AI Models in Journalism

Facing Our Futures

ChatGPT Discusses the Risks of Large language AI Models in Journalism

Star Wars and Foresight – Framing Struggle and Hope

Facing Our Futures / Foresight Methods

Star Wars and Foresight – Framing Struggle and Hope

Chatham House Director’s Annual Lecture 2023

Facing Our Futures / Planning Futuring Strategy

Chatham House Director’s Annual Lecture 2023

The Future Starts Here in Africa Tour with Flux Trends

Long-term thinking

The Future Starts Here in Africa Tour with Flux Trends

What is a Technology Futurist?

Facing Our Futures

What is a Technology Futurist?

The World’s Smartest Robot?

Science & Tech

The World’s Smartest Robot?

Futures Kickstart Guide

Facing Our Futures

Futures Kickstart Guide

Meet 8 Young Founders Turning Trash Into Cash

Environment & Energy

Meet 8 Young Founders Turning Trash Into Cash

The Future of Energy is Community-Owned

Environment & Energy / Facing Our Futures

The Future of Energy is Community-Owned

Nikolas Badminton and Futurist.com – Looking ahead to 2023

Facing Our Futures

Nikolas Badminton and Futurist.com – Looking ahead to 2023

Crip Futurity, Cyborg Disability and Designing the World Otherwise

Facing Our Futures / Futurist Keynote

Crip Futurity, Cyborg Disability and Designing the World Otherwise

Future of Luxury – Guest lecture for GOLDSMITHS

Facing Our Futures

Future of Luxury – Guest lecture for GOLDSMITHS

Artificial General Intelligence and the Future of Ethics

Facing Our Futures / Long-term thinking

Artificial General Intelligence and the Future of Ethics

Generative AI will change the world – Machine vs. Human Edition

Facing Our Futures

Generative AI will change the world – Machine vs. Human Edition

Speculative Fiction – If GPT-3 took over the world

Facing Our Futures / Futurist Keynote

Speculative Fiction – If GPT-3 took over the world

40 Reasons to Apply Strategic Foresight in Your Organization

Facing Our Futures

40 Reasons to Apply Strategic Foresight in Your Organization

Embracing Global Dynamics and our Impending Collapse

Facing Our Futures

Embracing Global Dynamics and our Impending Collapse

The Future of Humanity in 2023: Predictions, Implications, and Solutions (written by GPT-3)

Facing Our Futures

The Future of Humanity in 2023: Predictions, Implications, and Solutions (written by GPT-3)

The Small Print – Facing Our Futures

Podcast

The Small Print – Facing Our Futures

Learn from Dystopia: 536 AD, The Year of the Apocalypse

Facing Our Futures

Learn from Dystopia: 536 AD, The Year of the Apocalypse

Facing Our Futures – available for pre-order

Book News / Long-term thinking

Facing Our Futures – available for pre-order

Monika Bielskyte – The Metaverse: Extending realities

Art & Society / Long-term thinking / Science & Tech / Society

Monika Bielskyte – The Metaverse: Extending realities

New 2023 Keynote and Workshop : Bracing for recession, Looking to 2030 and beyond

Long-term thinking / Planning Futuring Strategy

New 2023 Keynote and Workshop : Bracing for recession, Looking to 2030 and beyond

Survival of the Richest – Douglas Rushkoff

Long-term thinking

Survival of the Richest – Douglas Rushkoff

All Futurists are Sellouts…

Long-term thinking

All Futurists are Sellouts…

Nikolas Badminton – Elevate Festival 2022 Keynote

Futurist Keynote

Nikolas Badminton – Elevate Festival 2022 Keynote

Edward Castronova on the Phenomenon of Virtual Realities

Innovation

Edward Castronova on the Phenomenon of Virtual Realities

Communicating the Value of Foresight

Foresight Methods

Communicating the Value of Foresight

Futures Literacy: shaping your present by reimagining futures

Long-term thinking

Futures Literacy: shaping your present by reimagining futures

CEO Futures Briefing: Democracy Emerges From the Spaces In Between

CEO Futures Briefing / New at Futurist.com

CEO Futures Briefing: Democracy Emerges From the Spaces In Between

Futures Design and Punk Rock

Foresight Methods / Innovation / Long-term thinking

Futures Design and Punk Rock

Masayoshi Son – Entrepreneur and Futurist

Long-term thinking

Masayoshi Son – Entrepreneur and Futurist

James Whately – Metaverse? What Metaverse?

Science & Tech

James Whately – Metaverse? What Metaverse?

Nikolas Badminton, Futurist Keynote Speaker – Future Ready Clients (2025 Update)

Long-term thinking

Nikolas Badminton, Futurist Keynote Speaker – Future Ready Clients (2025 Update)

The need for fun, edgy and risky thinking in Futures Design

Long-term thinking / Planning Futuring Strategy

The need for fun, edgy and risky thinking in Futures Design

The iPhone Baby: Growing up with tech

Science & Tech

The iPhone Baby: Growing up with tech

What is Design Fiction?

Foresight Methods

What is Design Fiction?

CEO Futures Briefing: Playing Games to Design Futures

CEO Futures Briefing / Foresight Methods

CEO Futures Briefing: Playing Games to Design Futures

Designing futures: an ethics of the possible by Arjun Appadurai

Foresight Methods / Long-term thinking

Designing futures: an ethics of the possible by Arjun Appadurai

Future of Trucking in the United States

Long-term thinking / Transportation / Work

Future of Trucking in the United States

2050 – Coachella Valley Futures

Cities / Long-term thinking

2050 – Coachella Valley Futures

What will life be like in 100 and 200 Years?

Long-term thinking

What will life be like in 100 and 200 Years?

Alternative Futures of Geopolitical Competition in a Post-COVID-19 World

Foresight Methods / Reports

Alternative Futures of Geopolitical Competition in a Post-COVID-19 World

CEO Futures Briefing: Imaginology and critical discussions on the Metaverse

CEO Futures Briefing

CEO Futures Briefing: Imaginology and critical discussions on the Metaverse

20 Essential Quotes on the Future

Long-term thinking / Society

20 Essential Quotes on the Future

Revolutionizing Activism: The Power of Utopia

Long-term thinking / Planning Futuring Strategy

Revolutionizing Activism: The Power of Utopia

Jean-Claude Biver – The importance of innovation and thinking different

Foresight Methods

Jean-Claude Biver – The importance of innovation and thinking different

Should Futurists Make Predictions?

Foresight Methods

Should Futurists Make Predictions?

The Future of Work and the Jobs we might have in 2040

Work

The Future of Work and the Jobs we might have in 2040

Jaron Lanier on Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI

Long-term thinking

Jaron Lanier on Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI

The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking

Long-term thinking

The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking

What is a Futurist?

Foresight Methods / Planning Futuring Strategy / Society

What is a Futurist?

CEO Futures Briefing: futurist.com, from 1993 to 2022 and beyond

CEO Futures Briefing

CEO Futures Briefing: futurist.com, from 1993 to 2022 and beyond

Futurist Emeritus Glen Hiemstra on Looking Back to Look Forward

New at Futurist.com

Futurist Emeritus Glen Hiemstra on Looking Back to Look Forward

President Obama speaks on disinformation’s threat to democracy

Society

President Obama speaks on disinformation’s threat to democracy

Future of the Metaverse: Surveillance and DAOs

Society / Transportation / Work

Future of the Metaverse: Surveillance and DAOs

Future of the Metaverse: Digital Transformation

Society / Transportation / Work

Future of the Metaverse: Digital Transformation

Future of the Metaverse: Interoperability and Business Models

Society / Space / Transportation / Work

Future of the Metaverse: Interoperability and Business Models

EXPONENTIAL LOGISTICS – The Future of Trucking

Science & Tech

EXPONENTIAL LOGISTICS – The Future of Trucking

Ignite Futures Thinking for the Mega National Conference

Futurist Keynote

Ignite Futures Thinking for the Mega National Conference

Ignite Futures Thinking for Dynatrace

Futurist Keynote

Ignite Futures Thinking for Dynatrace

Ignite Futures Thinking for the Canadian Wood Pallet & Container Association

Futurist Keynote

Ignite Futures Thinking for the Canadian Wood Pallet & Container Association

Ignite Futures Thinking for Chicago Regional Digital Government Summit

Futurist Keynote

Ignite Futures Thinking for Chicago Regional Digital Government Summit

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