"Fiction that is fast becoming real is philosophy.” – Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval mentions (something like) this during his
conversation on the Tim Ferriss podcast when discussing the power of words. I cannot seem to find the exact quote in the transcript. They discussed how some books, like Brave
New World by Aldous Huxley or The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, are more
philosophy cleverly disguised as science fiction. The same can be said of shows
like Black Mirror,
which uniquely holds up a mirror to society today by visualising an imaginary
world, which is fast becoming reality, but feels just a bit shocking today.
Scenario planning in the domain of futures thinking aims to achieve a similar effect. By systematically observing the present and past, and making calculated imaginations of the future, futures thinking allows individuals, organizations, and societies to prepare for different alternatives and take action to steer toward a preferred future.
This kind of fiction is, therefore, a philosophy of the future.
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