The future is now (and here’s how we’re planning to catch up)

“There’s no shortage of guidelines these days on how to ‘prepare for the future.’ […] foresight engines are pulling in thousands of citizens to re-imagine the future of governance, cities, and peacebuilding. They’re generating over 1,800 paths out of poverty and through the Good Judgment Project, 3,000 regular citizens are making forecasts on a range of issues – from political developments in North Korea to Venezuelan gas subsidies.”

http://europeandcis.undp.org/blog/2014/04/04/the-future-is-now-heres-how-were-planning-to-catch-up/