
Thought-terminating cliches
From this Guardian article. "the phrase describes a catchy platitude aimed at shutting down … Read more

Creativity subsumed by capitalist consumption
In this interview, Alex Tier suggests that for many of us, our creativity has … Read more

The Futures Cone
Science fiction authors and futurists don’t predict the future. They extrapolate based on current … Read more

Great Law of the Haudenosaunee quotation
The thickness of your skin shall be seven spans — which is to say … Read more

What is STEEP analysis?
A STEEP analysis is a look at how: Social Technological Economic Environmental and Political … Read more

Futures empathy
People tend to focus on the short term due to biases like presentism and … Read more

Steve Jobs quotation
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, … Read more

Nick Cave quotation
You are right to be worried about your growing feelings of cynicism and you … Read more

Gesamtkunstwerk
A gesamtkunstwerk is one of those wonderful German compound words meaning "total work of … Read more