Scott Smith (futurist)

Scott Smith
Born1967
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)futurist, strategist, and writer
OrganizationChangeist

Scott Smith (born 1967) is a futurist, strategist, and writer known for coining the phrase "flatpack futures."[1][2] Flatpack futures refers to "future technological systems which are imagined as readymade products that people will choose to adopt, rather than as the assembled work of countless different actors."[3] Smith argues that this conception of the way the future will play out is limiting and counterproductive.[4]

  1. ^ Bigge, Ryan (2014-06-03). "The Novel and the Future of the Near Future". Hazlitt. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  2. ^ "Design Fiction: Scott Smith, "Beware of Flat-Pack Futures"". WIRED. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  3. ^ Learning, LinkedIn (2014-05-19). "Interfaces (Design Fiction & Flat-Pack Futures)". Share and Discover Knowledge on LinkedIn SlideShare. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  4. ^ iMMovator (2020-01-08). "Scott Smith (Changeist) @ MFW13". Vimeo. Retrieved 2020-01-11.