FARSIGHT

Some problems are simply too big for nation states to solve. In this episode, we speak to historian and futurist Nils Gilman, co-author of Children of a Modest Star. Planetary challenges, such as climate change, pandemics, space junk, require radically reimagining governance - and Gilman talks to us about how this could be achieved.

Nils Gilman is Executive Vice President of the Berggruen Institute and Deputy Editor of Noema Magazine.

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Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

With AI, all the products of human creativity become malleable. Stories and images flow seamlessly across formats – in constant flux and open to reimagination. What does this all mean for the role of human creators? Creative Lead of GenMedia Resarch at Google DeepMind, Matthieu Lorrain, answers our questions and paints a picture of a future-that-might-be.

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Author: Sofie Hvitved

Narrator: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.

There’s a coup against democracy happening, says Dutch politician Marietje Schaake, who warns against the growing influence of tech giants on society. But if Europe wants to use the technology on its own terms it will come at a cost.

This article was originally published by MandagMorgen.It has been translated and edited for use in FARSIGHT.

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Author: Peter Hesseldahl

Narration: Manya Lind (with ElevenLabs AI)

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

More from Stockholm. We visit futurist and philosopher Karim Jebari from the Mimir Centre for Long-Term Futures Research at Sweden's Institute for Futures Studies. Jebari researches transhumanism, our future in space, climate change, and other existential risks. He believes that futurism has become reactionary and backward-looking. Why? We get Jebari's answer (and much more).

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Guest: Karim Jebari

Hosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen & August Leo Liljenberg

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

The history (and possible future) of dollar hegemony.

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Author: August Leo Liljenberg

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

We travel to Stockholm to visit Dr Anders Sandberg at the Mimir Centre for Long Term Futures Research – part of the Swedish Institute for Futures Studies – for a conversation on existential risks posed by AI, the state of futures studies today, being a polymath in the Nordics, and why there are so many Swedish futurists...

Sandberg holds a PhD in computational neuroscience and was previously a Research Fellow at the renowned Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at the University of Oxford, alongside other prominent futurists, such as Nick Bostrom and Toby Ord.

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Hosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen & August Leo Liljenberg

Guest: Anders Sandberg

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

As digital payments take over, cash is disappearing – but should we think twice? From privacy concerns to power dynamics, the push toward a cashless society raises questions about control, choice, and trust.

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Author: Josh Sims

Narration: August Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

The recent boom in prediction markets has breathed new life into an old debate: does the wisdom of the crowd combined with financial incentives produce the best forecasts of future events?

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Author: Casper Skovgaard Petersen

Narrator: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

Climate economists are playing dice with our future. Some are now sounding the alarm that the models they rely on are fundamentally flawed.

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Authors: Mikolaj Kowalewski & Caitlin van Bommel

Narrator: Manya Lind (with ElevenLabs AI)

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

We speak to researcher and adult content creator Aella about sex, technology, artificial wombs, and the future of disembodied sex.

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Author: Caitlin van Bommel & August Leo Liljenberg

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies