MS NOW: progressive until the progressive candidate wins.
Scott Smith
@changeist.bsky.social
Futurist, Managing Partner: changeist.com. Project Lead: https://10fconsortium.org Author: “How to Future” (2020) and “Future Cultures” (2023) Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com
When Putin started the war, I wonder if he thought he'd be cataylzing the primary future use case for AI, a shift of trillions of dollars from investment from climate transition to re-militarisation, a restructuring of manufacturing models, and new uses for spent fibre optic filament?
Scott Smith@changeist.bsky.social · yesterdayThis is such a profoundly weird war. Simultaneously post-modern and pre-industrial. I rewatched "Things to Come" (1936) recently with Raymond Massey, and the resonances are eerie. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
This is such a profoundly weird war. Simultaneously post-modern and pre-industrial. I rewatched "Things to Come" (1936) recently with Raymond Massey, and the resonances are eerie. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Ukrainian drones hit Wildberries warehouses in overnight strikes
Russian retailer has become key target for Kyiv as it aims to bring Putin’s war closer to home
giftarticle.ft.com
Your house does not have that hotel feeling. Stop trying. It’s embarrassing.
Momentarily living my best life with homemade gai pad krapow + rummikub with the fam + the Zodiac soundtrack. It will pass.
Just got an email confirming the change.
Professor Farnsworth: Good News, Everyone!
ALT: Professor Farnsworth: Good News, Everyone!
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Scott Smith@changeist.bsky.social · 2d agoIt's been almost two years since Quartz misattributed more than 50 articles I wrote for the site under another author's byline, and despite being given a list of the affected articles, it has done nothing to correct the problem, even while transferring to a new CMS.
It's been almost two years since Quartz misattributed more than 50 articles I wrote for the site under another author's byline, and despite being given a list of the affected articles, it has done nothing to correct the problem, even while transferring to a new CMS.
We’re running another online horizon scanning workshop in mid Sept for European, Mideast and Africa timezones. If you know anyone who’s been thinking about building better skills in this area, please pass it on. 🙏🏻 pretix.eu/changeist/se...
Horizon Scanning: Sensing & Sensemaking for a Complex World
Sept. 17 – 18, 2026
pretix.eu
Love when British football announcers pronounce German player names like they ran agents across the Berlin Wall in the Cold War.
Why the culture war only exists in your mind. It's not a war if you're the only one fighting it.
Is there a term for people who passive-agressively use LinkedIn comment threads and webinar chats to draw focus from the thread/event to their own work or ideas? Chatjacking? Pickmeaning?
Engineered Opacity (@10fconsortium.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...
Warsh Considers Reducing Frequency of Fed Policy Meetings
The Federal Reserve has met at least eight times a year for decades. Reducing the number of meetings would represent the biggest change by Kevin M. Warsh since he became chairman.
nytimes.com
Watching ZODIAC with child #2 as an act of family bonding.
I'm sorry, but "hushpitality" is a word-crime. I don't care if it was a trend report. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Once You’ve Heard ‘Luxury Voice,’ You Can’t Unhear It
Step into almost any hospitality space, and perhaps you’ll notice softer volumes, slower speaking and a whole litany of buzzwords.
bloomberg.com
Can you even see the future if you don't prop your head up with your hand bro
In case you couldn't join us yesterday, @vaughn.bsky.social @changeist.bsky.social and Bernice Ang joined Jake Dunagan and IFTF to talk about the experience of building @10fconsortium.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pslu...
IFTF Foresight Talk: Building Open-Source Forecasts — The Foresight Work of the 10F Consortium
YouTube video by Institute for the Future (IFTF)
youtube.com
Something delightful about a fund called Situational Awareness losing its pants in the market. Maybe God does exist? Anyway, I'm here, and he's there. www.ft.com/content/2803...
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness seeks to raise capital after AI rout
Hedge fund has held talks with existing investors and lenders in recent days
ft.com
What giant baby thumb will the Times get to replace Douthat? Maybe this is my moment?
One of the others (from @scoxsmith.bsky.social) was about an informal health service brigade helping to deliver vaccines a pandemic, so 🤷
Scott Smith@changeist.bsky.social · 7d agoOne of the 2019 scenarios + artefacts we created for Nesta around community resilience in emergencies was a shared community depot network to respond to wildfires. 😬
One of the 2019 scenarios + artefacts we created for Nesta around community resilience in emergencies was a shared community depot network to respond to wildfires. 😬
