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Are we facing a crisis of imagination?

RSA Conversations

CHAPTER

The Limits of Growth

Science fiction and any work on the future tends to focus on physical stuff. But a sense of social change, changes to family or relationships is much rarer. This materiality bias also skews how we invest in research and development. We need ways of looking at the future that are more likely to be scenarios rather than specific predictions.

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