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Student Work: EnerArt
A painting of Venus rising from the sea on a Shell fuel pump, a sheet of steel “played” in a symphony and tiny oil pump [...]
Student Work: The Road Ahead for Professional Services
My lovely wife, Hilary, and I used to take “jellyfish vacations” where we would jump in the car and just hit the road. We would [...]
Forest Futures: Do plants feel?
I was recently reminded of how I learned in middle school that plants could feel. As I recall, some sort of receptors were attached to [...]
Spring 2019 Foresight Seminar Registration is Closed
It always makes us sad to close registration for one of our Foresight Certificate Sessions when people still want to join in the fun. Our [...]
Student Work: Where are the Visionary Politicians?
On March 16th, my club, The Explorer's Club of New York, held its annual Gala dinner as we celebrated 8 of the remaining Apollo astronauts [...]
Alum Anne Boysen to teach Data Mining for Houston Foresight
One of the challenges in leading the foresight program is keeping up with new tools and approaches to supplement the core curriculum. Perhaps no topic [...]
Lesia Fejer is Foresight Jeopardy Champ 2019
This year’s Foresight Jeopardy champion is Lesia Fejer, a Master's student currently with the UK Science & Innovation Network. After a slow start in Round [...]
Spring 2019 Foresight Certificate Seminar Filling up Fast
Registration for the 2019 Spring Foresight Certificate Boot Camp is open and filling up fast! The five-day courses will take place April 29-May 3, 2019 [...]
Congratulations Terrance Hunter! Winner of American Alliance of Museums Strategic Foresight Scholarship
The American Alliance of Museums has awarded its first ever Alliance Scholarship for Strategic Foresight to Terrance Hunter. Terrance is Project Manager at the Holocaust [...]
"Introducing the Future Draft" April 13 Agenda
The 2019 Houston Foresight Spring Gathering is quickly approaching and we are working on the final planning details. Center for Houston's Future (CHF) https://www.centerforhoustonsfuture.org) will [...]
Transhumanist Implications in a Post-Scarcity World
Houston Foresight alumni Natasha Vita-More published a book, “TRANSHUMANISM: What is it?” as an introduction to the transhumanist movement. While a worthy topic on its [...]
Houston Foresight Fall 2018 Newsletter
As we get ready for the start of 2019, let's take a moment to look back on a few highlights from the Fall, as they [...]