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Futures studies

Concepts
Accelerating change Cashless society Global catastrophic risk Future Earth Mathematics Race Climate Space exploration Universe Historical materialism Kondratiev wave Kardashev scale Moore's law Peak oil Population cycle Resource depletion Singularity Swanson's law
Techniques
Backcasting Causal layered analysis Chain-linked model Consensus forecast Cross impact analysis Delphi Real-time Delphi Foresight Future-proof Futures wheel Future workshop Horizon scanning Reference class forecasting Scenario planning Systems analysis Threatcasting Trend analysis
Technology assessment and forecasting
Critical design Design fiction Exploratory engineering FTA Hype cycle Science fiction prototyping Speculative design TRL Technology scouting
Related topics
Futarchy Transhumanism
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Science fiction prototyping (SFP) refers to the idea of using science fiction to describe and explore the implications of futuristic technologies and the social structures enabled by them.^[1]^[2] Similar terms are design fiction, speculative design, and critical design.^[3]

^ Johnson, Brian David. "Science Fiction Prototypes Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the Future and Love Science Fiction" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2014.
^ "Science Fiction Prototyping at the Creative Science Foundation". Intel. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
^ Adam, David (16 June 2020). "Science and Culture: "Design fiction" skirts reality to provoke discussion and debate". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (24): 13179–13181. Bibcode:2020PNAS..11713179A. doi:10.1073/pnas.2008206117. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 7306760. PMID 32461354.