Institute For The Future

The Centaur Revolution

Intelligence is a symphony of different cognitive instruments, with each instrument producing a different kind of sound, a different type of thinking....

Designing a 21st Century Community College for Working Learners

Community college has always been about being open and accessible. It's meant to be a place where anyone can go to get the skills they need to move up...

Making Miku

Japanese pop star Hatsune Miku has never written a song; she relies on thousands of songwriters.

News From the Future #2

An issue from the Archives: November 17, 2017.

Take to the Cyber Streets!

Traditional approaches to activist organizing are increasingly under threat. From street protests to legally-constituted non-profits and NGOs, all...

Foresight Studio goes on the road to Bern, Switzerland!

In response to popular demand, we will host an inaugural European Foresight Practitioner Training: July 10-12,...

Back to the Future?

Over the course of nearly 300 years, we have developed a set of technologies, practices, needs, ideologies, and institutions that value, support, and...

Legends In VR

Over the past months, IFTF researchers Quinault Quinault Childs and Toshi Hoo of the Emerging Media Lab (EML) have been involved in advising an...

News From the Future #1

News from the Future is a monthly newsletter about the latest research at Institute for the Future and beyond. This October 2017 issue includes "How...

“The current form of inequality has not existed for one hundred years"

Changes in the concept of work will radically change the whole society, says future researcher Marina...

Better Than Being There

Emerging technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality will provide new opportunities to communicate more effectively, productively, and...

FUTURE NOW - When Everything is Media

During this 50th Anniversary year for IFTF, we look ahead to the next decade, we are on the verge of a new set of technological advances that will...

The Promise and Problems of Chat Apps in Journalism

IFTF's latest research for Google News Lab reveals the increasing reliance on chat apps for sharing information means journalists have new challenges...

Loconomics Strikes Partnership with California Community College

Positive Platforms Design Jam Fellowship Winner Helps Prepare Students for the Future of Work

Get Fit for Tomorrow's Work + Learn Economy

IFTF Launches Future Skills Initiative ... The work + learn economy is transforming before our eyes. Machines are doing jobs no one expected they'd be...

The Future of Computational Propaganda

On January 24, she suddenly got busy, posting an average of 1,289 tweets a day...

Virtual Reality and Storytelling for More than Entertainment

...I was, of course, not stuck in a real fire, but in virtual reality.

PODCAST: A conversation with Drew Sullivan of OCCRP

On Jan 4, IFTF Future for Good Fellow Drew Sullivan, director and editor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, spoke with IFTF...

Artifact from the Future: INCENTIVIZED RECEIPT

Incentivized Receipt is an Artifact from the Future - a snapshot of what might emerge if forecasts about the future...

Artifact from the Future: SURFACE HACKERS

Surface Hackers is an Artifact from the Future - a snapshot of what might emerge if forecasts about the future...

Artifact from the Future: CHURCHILL'S CARNERY: ESCAPE THE ABSURDITY

Churchill's Carnery: Escape the Absurdity is an Artifact from the Future - a snapshot of what might emerge if forecasts about the future...

Artifact from the Future: LUNCHABIOS

Lunchabios is an Artifact from the Future - a snapshot of what might emerge if forecasts about the future...

Artifact from the Future: GOTTA EAT 'EM ALL

Gotta Eat 'Em All is an Artifact from the Future - a snapshot of what might emerge if forecasts about the future...

Artifact from the Future: CLEVER KITCHEN AGENTS

Clever Kitchen Agents is an Artifact from the Future - a snapshot of what might emerge if forecasts about the future...