[Note: Stephen Layman is our new scanner this semester. Here are some of his initial thoughts.]
It practically goes without saying that foresight discussion in the media is lacking. The field is [slowly] growing but remains a well-kept secret. What foresight is and what futurists are doing are hardly mainstream phenomena. About two articles a day are focused on futurists so far in 2018. Four is the most on a single day.
The articles range from the introduction to new methods of foresight, to keynote announcements for the many speaking engagements where futurists are featured. Topics being discussed are energy, technology, the environment, government, etc. Half of the articles received are linked back to a foresight website, a foresight association, or the most recent completion of collective foresight works. The others focus on applications of foresight in a range of areas, from the spread of corporate foresight, the growing need to retain a futurist on staff, and future-thinking in medicine, farming, housing, and shipping, to name a few. – Stephen Layman
