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Joseph is a Scanner, Analyst, Researcher, Educator, Facilitator, Consultant. He has been a professional futurist for over two decades, he holds a PhD in theoretical physics and in his early career he spent several years in internet-related companies, including a stint at the legendary Netscape in Silicon Valley, California, in the late-1990s. Joseph has a strong belief in the need for both rigorous intellectual discipline as well as practical pragmatic utility in ‘real world’ contexts, and this belief lies at the heart of his approach to Futures Studies and strategic foresight. See more of Joseph’s thoughts at www.thevoroscope.com See more of Nikolas’ insights at www.nikolasbadminton.com See the Futurist Think Tank at www.futurist.com/think-tank

Joseph is a Scanner, Analyst, Researcher, Educator, Facilitator, Consultant. He has been a professional futurist for over two decades, he holds a PhD in theoretical physics and in his early career he spent several years in internet-related companies, including a stint at the legendary Netscape in Silicon Valley, California, in the late-1990s. Joseph has a strong belief in the need for both rigorous intellectual discipline as well as practical pragmatic utility in ‘real world’ contexts, and this belief lies at the heart of his approach to Futures Studies and strategic foresight. See more of Joseph’s thoughts at <a href="http://www.thevoroscope.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thevoroscope.com</a> See more of Nikolas’ insights at <a href="http://www.nikolasbadminton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nikolasbadminton.com</a> See the Futurist Think Tank at <a href="http://www.futurist.com/think-tank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.futurist.com/think-tank</a>

S5: Ep 1 - Dr. Joseph Voros speaks about preposterous futures and civilization-level foresight

Joe’s is revisiting his earlier work as a futures Intelligence  analyst. He explains how futures intelligence has to be in service of something.

Joe’s is revisiting his earlier work as a futures Intelligence analyst. He explains how futures intelligence has to be in service of something.

EP 109: The ReInterviews - Joseph Voros

     LISTEN ON ITUNES         LISTEN ON SPOTIFY   Dr Joseph Voros is a highly-respected internationally-known educator of Big History and Futures/Foresight. He was present on the first day of the Swinburne Master of Strategic Foresight program in 2001 and taught up to literally the very last day of the course in 2018.Joe considers himself a “civilisational-transition futurist”, thinking about the coming civilisational transition and the potential futures for humankind which lie in and beyond it. He talks about Big History, moving beyond “surface” trend analysis towards understanding deeper system structures and even deeper historical dynamics, as well as using scenarios and looking out for ‘wildcards’.Interviewed by: Rebecca Mijat             More about JoeContactLinkedIn: Dr Joseph VorosSwinburne University of Technology ProfileTwitter feed: https://twitter.com/TheVoroscopeBlog: https://thevoroscope.comSome of the papers, books, TED talks etc mentioned in the episodeGeneric Foresight Process, with Big History and ‘Threshold 9’:Voros, J 2017, ‘Big History and anticipation: Using Big History as a framework for global foresight’, in R Poli (ed.) Handbook of anticipation: Theoretical and applied aspects of the use of future in decision making, Springer International, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31737-3_95-1Futures Cone blog post (excerpted from above chapter): Voros, J 2017, The Futures Cone, use and history, The Voroscope [weblog], Feb 24, https://thevoroscope.com/2017/02/24/the-futures-cone-use-and-history/Anthropocene conference presentation (with Futures Cone and aliens!):  Voros, J 2015, ‘The Anthropocene, “Threshold 9” and the long-term future of humankind’. Presented at The Big History Anthropocene Conference: A Transdisciplinary Exploration, Big History Institute, Macquarie University, Sydney, 9-11 Dec, Session 6, Dec 11. https://youtu.be/Z7gU3ZsSWr0More aliens, analysing scenarios about discovering them:Voros, J 2018, ‘On a morphology of contact scenario space’, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 126, Jan, pp. 126-137. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.05.007That strange galaxy…Voros, J 2018, Is “Hoag’s Object” an “engineered” galaxy?, The Voroscope [weblog], Jul 18, https://thevoroscope.com/2018/07/18/is-hoags-object-an-engineered-galaxy/Big History and Futures Education:Voros, J 2018, ‘Big History as a scaffold for Futures education’, World Futures Review, vol. 10, no. 4, Dec, pp. 263-278. doi:10.1177/1946756718783510. Special Issue: ‘Foresight Education, part 2’, P Bishop (ed.).Andy Hines and Peter Bishop’s book:Hines, A and Bishop, P 2015, Thinking about the future: Guidelines for strategic foresight, 2ndedn, Hinesight, Houston, TX, USA. https://www.andyhinesight.com/books/thinking-about-the-future/Arnold Toynbee’s A Study of History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Study_of_HistoryJaron LanierTED talk: www.ted.com/talks/jaron_lanier_how_we_need_to_remake_the_internetRelated Book on giving up social media entirely, and why: www.jaronlanier.com/tenarguments.htmlKashmir HillTED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/kashmir_hill_and_surya_mattu_what_your_smart_devices_know_and_share_about_youArticles compilation (including a 6-week experiment on trying to avoid the ‘big 5’ tech giants): https://kinja.com/kashmirhillPodcast with NBC’s Chris Hayes about that 6-week experiment: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/how-block-big-tech-kashmir-hill-podcast-transcript-ncna973201Shoshana ZuboffBook: Zuboff, S 2019, The age of surveillance capitalism: The fight for a human future at the new frontier of power, Public Affairs, New York. https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/Related Article: Zuboff, S 2019, ‘Surveillance capitalism and the challenge of collective action’, New Labor Forum, vol. 28, no. 1, Jan, pp. 10-29. doi:10.1177/1095796018819461.Interview with Naomi Klein: https://theintercept.com/2019/03/01/surveillance-capitalism-book-shoshana-zuboff-naomi-klein/The Minimalistshttps://www.theminimalists.com/Cal Newport on Digital Minimalismhttp://calnewport.com/blog/2016/12/18/on-digital-minimalism/Graham Turner’s work on The Limits to GrowthTurner, GM 2014, Is global collapse imminent? An updated comparison of The Limits to Growth with historical data, MSSI Research Paper No. 4,Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne. https://sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/publications/research-papers/is-global-collapse-imminentGlenn Greenwald TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_mattersMikko Hypponen TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_how_the_nsa_betrayed_the_world_s_trust_time_to_actJosh FloydArticle on Descent Futures: Floyd, J 2014, ‘Sense-making and acting for descent futures: Human and cultural pathways’, Foresight, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 586-607. doi:10.1108/fs-11-2013-0061Blog: Floyd, J 2012, ‘Beyond this brief anomaly: An inquiry into energy and society’, weblog.http://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org

<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/futurepod/id1446199958?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> LISTEN ON ITUNES </a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3LgmAA59TAuxQSCdKyxW16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> LISTEN ON SPOTIFY </a>Dr Joseph Voros is a highly-respected internationally-known educator of Big History and Futures/Foresight. He was present on the first day of the Swinburne Master of Strategic Foresight program in 2001 and taught up to literally the very last day of the course in 2018.Joe considers himself a “civilisational-transition futurist”, thinking about the coming civilisational transition and the potential futures for humankind which lie in and beyond it. He talks about Big History, moving beyond “surface” trend analysis towards understanding deeper system structures and even deeper historical dynamics, as well as using scenarios and looking out for ‘wildcards’.Interviewed by: Rebecca Mijat <a> </a> <a> </a> <a> </a> <a> </a> <h2>More about Joe</h2>Contact<ul><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/josephvoros" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Joseph Voros</a></li><li><a href="https://www.swinburne.edu.au/profile/jvoros" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swinburne University of Technology Profile</a></li><li>Twitter feed: <a href="https://twitter.com/thevoroscope/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TheVoroscope</a></li><li>Blog: <a href="https://thevoroscope.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thevoroscope.com</a></li></ul> Some of the papers, books, TED talks etc mentioned in the episodeGeneric Foresight Process, with Big History and ‘Threshold 9’:<ul><li>Voros, J 2017, ‘Big History and anticipation: Using Big History as a framework for global foresight’, in R Poli (ed.) Handbook of anticipation: Theoretical and applied aspects of the use of future in decision making, Springer International, Cham. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31737-3_95-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10.1007/978-3-319-31737-3_95-1</a></li></ul>Futures Cone blog post (excerpted from above chapter): <ul><li>Voros, J 2017, The Futures Cone, use and history, The Voroscope [weblog], Feb 24, <a href="https://thevoroscope.com/2017/02/24/the-futures-cone-use-and-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thevoroscope.com/2017/02/24/the-futures-cone-use-and-history/</a></li></ul>Anthropocene conference presentation (with Futures Cone and aliens!):  <ul><li>Voros, J 2015, ‘The Anthropocene, “Threshold 9” and the long-term future of humankind’. Presented at The Big History Anthropocene Conference: A Transdisciplinary Exploration, Big History Institute, Macquarie University, Sydney, 9-11 Dec, Session 6, Dec 11. <a href="https://youtu.be/Z7gU3ZsSWr0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Z7gU3ZsSWr0</a></li></ul>More aliens, analysing scenarios about discovering them:<ul><li>Voros, J 2018, ‘On a morphology of contact scenario space’, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 126, Jan, pp. 126-137. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.05.007" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10.1016/j.techfore.2017.05.007</a></li></ul>That strange galaxy…<ul><li>Voros, J 2018, Is “Hoag’s Object” an “engineered” galaxy?, The Voroscope [weblog], Jul 18, <a href="https://thevoroscope.com/2018/07/18/is-hoags-object-an-engineered-galaxy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thevoroscope.com/2018/07/18/is-hoags-object-an-engineered-galaxy/</a></li></ul>Big History and Futures Education:<ul><li>Voros, J 2018, ‘Big History as a scaffold for Futures education’, World Futures Review, vol. 10, no. 4, Dec, pp. 263-278. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1946756718783510" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10.1177/1946756718783510</a>. Special Issue: ‘Foresight Education, part 2’, P Bishop (ed.).</li></ul>Andy Hines and Peter Bishop’s book:<ul><li>Hines, A and Bishop, P 2015, Thinking about the future: Guidelines for strategic foresight, 2ndedn, Hinesight, Houston, TX, USA. <a href="https://www.andyhinesight.com/books/thinking-about-the-future/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.andyhinesight.com/books/thinking-about-the-future/</a></li></ul>Arnold Toynbee’s A Study of History: <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Study_of_History" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Study_of_History</a></li></ul>Jaron Lanier<ul><li>TED talk: <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/jaron_lanier_how_we_need_to_remake_the_internet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ted.com/talks/jaron_lanier_how_we_need_to_remake_the_internet</a></li><li>Related Book on giving up social media entirely, and why: <a href="http://www.jaronlanier.com/tenarguments.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.jaronlanier.com/tenarguments.html</a></li></ul>Kashmir Hill<ul><li>TED talk: <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/kashmir_hill_and_surya_mattu_what_your_smart_devices_know_and_share_about_you" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ted.com/talks/kashmir_hill_and_surya_mattu_what_your_smart_devices_know_and_share_about_you</a></li><li>Articles compilation (including a 6-week experiment on trying to avoid the ‘big 5’ tech giants): <a href="https://kinja.com/kashmirhill" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://kinja.com/kashmirhill</a></li><li>Podcast with NBC’s Chris Hayes about that 6-week experiment: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/how-block-big-tech-kashmir-hill-podcast-transcript-ncna973201" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/how-block-big-tech-kashmir-hill-podcast-transcript-ncna973201</a></li></ul>Shoshana Zuboff<ul><li>Book: Zuboff, S 2019, The age of surveillance capitalism: The fight for a human future at the new frontier of power, Public Affairs, New York. <a href="https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/</a></li><li>Related Article: Zuboff, S 2019, ‘Surveillance capitalism and the challenge of collective action’, New Labor Forum, vol. 28, no. 1, Jan, pp. 10-29. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1095796018819461" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10.1177/1095796018819461</a>.</li><li>Interview with Naomi Klein: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2019/03/01/surveillance-capitalism-book-shoshana-zuboff-naomi-klein/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2019/03/01/surveillance-capitalism-book-shoshana-zuboff-naomi-klein/</a></li></ul>The Minimalists<ul><li><a href="https://www.theminimalists.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theminimalists.com/</a></li></ul>Cal Newport on Digital Minimalism<ul><li><a href="http://calnewport.com/blog/2016/12/18/on-digital-minimalism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://calnewport.com/blog/2016/12/18/on-digital-minimalism/</a></li></ul>Graham Turner’s work on The Limits to Growth<ul><li>Turner, GM 2014, Is global collapse imminent? An updated comparison of The Limits to Growth with historical data, MSSI Research Paper No. 4,Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne.  <a href="https://sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/publications/research-papers/is-global-collapse-imminent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/publications/research-papers/is-global-collapse-imminent</a></li></ul>Glenn Greenwald <ul><li>TED Talk: <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters</a></li></ul>Mikko Hypponen <ul><li>TED Talk: <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_how_the_nsa_betrayed_the_world_s_trust_time_to_act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_how_the_nsa_betrayed_the_world_s_trust_time_to_act</a></li></ul>Josh Floyd<ul><li>Article on Descent Futures: Floyd, J 2014, ‘Sense-making and acting for descent futures: Human and cultural pathways’, Foresight, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 586-607. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/fs-11-2013-0061" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10.1108/fs-11-2013-0061</a></li><li>Blog: Floyd, J 2012, ‘Beyond this brief anomaly: An inquiry into energy and society’, weblog.<a href="http://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org</a></li></ul>

EP 18: Big History and Civilisational Foresight - Joseph Voros