Provocative Scenarios 2023
In this issue of Provocative Scenarios, our Futurists have presented some possible futures for the ‘20s and ‘30s, sketched as scenarios for business leaders to consider. They are not predictions, but rather potential ‘future news’ stories.
Often the more outrageous or crazy ‘predictions’ are the ones the future uses to surprise us!
In early 2022, researchers discovered that they could reverse the epigenetic clocks of human tissue cells by about 30 years. Working in a lab, they subjected these cells to a short course of proteins that would eventually turn them into ‘pluripotent’ stem cells. But the cells did not lose their specialized function; they just rejuvenated and became more vigorous at healing wounds.
Until the end of the Russia-Ukraine War that started in 2022, the symbiotic and cozy relationship between politicians, the military, and arms manufacturers directed massive amounts of state...
For thousands of years, humans have relied on extraction of resources to fuel the economy and move society forward, to progress civilization. Now, in the early 2030s, we see signs of the age of extraction coming to an end...
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