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Gibson thinks that during his lifetime the future “has been a cult, if not a religion”. His whole generation was seized by “postalgia”. This is a tendency to dwell on romantic, idealised visions of the future. Rather than imagining the past as an ideal time (as nostalgics do), postalgics think the future will be perfect. For example, a study of young consultants found many suffered from postalgia. They imagined their life would be perfect once they were promoted to partner.

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For 50 years,computing has been a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional world. Now, tech giants and thousands of startups seeking growth opportunities beyond mobile are setting spatial computing on a trajectory for exponential growth. These companies see spatial computing as a way to organize and interact with information in space rather than on a flat screen. In order to unlock the next dimension of spatial computing, they are leveraging technologies such as AR and VR, plus a good measure of AI and a completely new interaction approach--interaction with the world around you, in three dimensions.

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The complex uncertainties of our times make engaging with futures increasingly challenging. In such uncertain times, techniques from futures studies could help us make sense of the forces of change that are at play today, from human to planetary scales. At the core of futures practice is a positivist assumption that while the future may not be completely knowable, we can discuss it. We can try to understand what might happen and prepare for it to a certain degree. We might be able to influence or even shape some aspects of the future.

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