How one individual's unconventionality (and controversy) helped shape Cold War strategy and futures studies today.

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Author: Casper Skovgaard Petersen

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

On how the moral system of intergenerational fairness has broken down.

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Author: Sean Pillot de Chenecey

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

From lettuce ketchup to snail sausages, food designers are challenging culinary norms and changing the way we eat.

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Author: Josh Sims

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

The race is on in Silicon Valley to develop functioning and marketable neural interfaces. Is that goal within reach?

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Author: Josh Sims

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

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In the early 20th century, the Italian artist and ideologue Filippo Marinetti attempted remould his countrymen into the model citizens of a new fascist state - starting with the bellies.

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Author: Casper Skovgaard Petersen

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

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A closer look at human-powered automation and the hidden side of the digital economy.

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Authors: Mathias Behn Bjørnhof, Casper Skovgaard Petersen, August Leo Liljenberg

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

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Our passivity in dealing with climate change and mass extinction may lead to an increase in ‘strategic violence’ in the form of eco-sabotage. When can such actions be justified?

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Author: Mikkel Kristensen

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

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Many of the rights we consider fundamental increasingly depend on the ability to go online. What would it take to provide access for all?

Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

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In the year 2000, the futurist FM-2030 was frozen in liquid nitrogen. He is scheduled to be woken up in 2030, the year he turns 100. Will his predictions for the future have come true?

How do we safeguard the interests of future generations? For the controversial philosopher David Benatar, it's by ensuring that they never are born in the first place - advocating for the voluntary extinction of the human race.

Author: August Leo Liljenberg

Narrated by: August Leo Liljenberg

Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies