Columbus Futurists public forum: 1/15: "What ifs? for 2026"

Happy New Year Colleagues,

The next Columbus Futurists public forum will be Thursday January 15 at 12:00 pm noon (eastern) https://osu.zoom.us/j/93451873651?pwd=RXIyZ2t5RjRqRG02UGQ1aEFVQ1NFZz09 Please come prepared to offer your "What if?" questions for 2026. (I will offer seven to begin our conversation.)

I also would like to announce the publication of my latest book: Anticipatory Biographies: Personal Histories of the Future, the tenth volume in the “Anticipation Science” series. Grounded in design fiction, futures research, anticipation science, and scenario writing, Anticipatory Biographies envisions how the world will be reshaped by artificial intelligence, technological automation, climate change, political disintegration, and the decline of higher education. This work of creative non-fiction bridges literary and scholarly forms, blending biography and design fiction with research-based insights to offer a narrative-based method for exploring futures. Ed Finn, Director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University says: “In this book David Staley has invented a delightful new genre: the future biography. He invites us to step into gritty, thrilling, and inspiring futures elbow-to-elbow with the characters living those stories. Anticipatory Biographies beautifully synthesizes Staley’s training as a historian, his expertise as a futurist, and his desire to ignite the imagination of his readers.”

Hope you'll be able to read it, and hope to see you all on the 15th.

D.

David J. Staley, Ph.D.

President, Columbus Futurists

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