{"id":4145,"date":"2022-10-28T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2022-10-27T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T01:44:13","slug":"what-exactly-is-a-futurist-s2c-e61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/?p=4145","title":{"rendered":"What Exactly, is a Futurist? (S2C E61)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Wow. It\u2019s been awhile and how we\u2019ve missed you. YOU being the amazing people we chat with, exploring ideas and learning about journeys. YOU being our subscribers and watchers. And YOU being Lauren (I really miss Lauren).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/E61-Bryan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4146 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/E61-Bryan-300x181.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/E61-Bryan-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/E61-Bryan-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/E61-Bryan-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/E61-Bryan.png 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Life gets busy and we often don\u2019t have time to dwell in the present let alone in the future. So we heartily welcome our guest, <strong>Bryan Alexander, Futurist.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a scant hour he talked us through future visions that have informed our present and clarified our past. He helped us to see clearly that the seed of change today makes the progress of tomorrow and that we have a stake in what that tomorrow is and how it functions. Also, we can change our tomorrow by thinking of it, visioning it, today and every day. Get used to creating our future, and then do it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Join us for some wit, loads of wisdom, and a ton of books to read, all wrapped up in a totally amazing, convivial, and purposefully wandering conversation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As always (or nearly always) here is a list of resources we mentioned in the interview. Copy the links into your browser, and dive in!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education<\/i>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/futureofeducation.us\/\">http:\/\/futureofeducation.us\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.futureofeducation.us\/\">http:\/\/forum.futureofeducation.us\/<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanAlexander\"><b>http:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanAlexander<\/b><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s3\">Ministry for the Future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/kim-stanley-robinson\/the-ministry-for-the-future\/9780316300162\/\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/kim-stanley-robinson\/the-ministry-for-the-future\/9780316300162\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">UNSDG Goals <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Gaia as Religion <a href=\"http:\/\/environment-ecology.com\/religion-and-ecology\/276-gaia-worship-the-new-pagan-religion.html\"><span class=\"s2\">http:\/\/environment-ecology.com\/religion-and-ecology\/276-gaia-worship-the-new-pagan-religion.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Why the West Rules for Now (I didn\u2019t see this on a publisher page\u2026sorry for the Amazon link) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-West-Rules-Now-Patterns\/dp\/0312611692\"><span class=\"s5\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-West-Rules-Now-Patterns\/dp\/0312611692<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Mazes and Monsters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084314\/\"><span class=\"s5\">https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084314\/ <\/span><\/a><span class=\"s2\">(trust us, don\u2019t watch this movie)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Nonzero (another Amazon) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nonzero-Logic-Destiny-Robert-Wright-ebook\/dp\/B000Q9IRBY\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GWW3L7HFU6YM&amp;keywords=nonzero&amp;qid=1659989027&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=nonzero%2Cstripbooks%2C83&amp;sr=1-1\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nonzero-Logic-Destiny-Robert-Wright-ebook\/dp\/B000Q9IRBY\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GWW3L7HFU6YM&amp;keywords=nonzero&amp;qid=1659989027&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=nonzero%2Cstripbooks%2C83&amp;sr=1-1<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Naomi Klein <a href=\"https:\/\/naomiklein.org\/no-is-not-enough-endnotes\/\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/naomiklein.org\/no-is-not-enough-endnotes\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Bill McKibben <a href=\"http:\/\/billmckibben.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">http:\/\/billmckibben.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">A Journal of the Plague Year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Journal-Plague-Year-Penguin-Classics\/dp\/0140437851\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Journal-Plague-Year-Penguin-Classics\/dp\/0140437851<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">The Culture Series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/49118-culture\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/49118-culture<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Modern Witch Series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20639477-a-modern-witch-series-set\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20639477-a-modern-witch-series-set<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Mutual Aid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mutual-Aid-Evolution-Peter-Kropotkin\/dp\/0875580246#:~:text=Mutual%20Aid%20is%20considered%20a,the%20scientific%20study%20of%20cooperation\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mutual-Aid-Evolution-Peter-Kropotkin\/dp\/0875580246#:~:text=Mutual%20Aid%20is%20considered%20a,the%20scientific%20study%20of%20cooperation<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Utopia for Realists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebrown.com\/titles\/rutger-bregman\/utopia-for-realists\/9780316471909\/\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.littlebrown.com\/titles\/rutger-bregman\/utopia-for-realists\/9780316471909\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">CO2 Boardgame <a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/72225\/co\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/72225\/co<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">From Lauren &#8211; Sorry for all of the Amazon links.\u00a0 I try to go back to the publisher so that its not promoting any one shopping site.\u00a0 Some of these references were pretty tough!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching. Please like, comment and subscribe subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCoLrmdksGl9RTvAyYs6hqjQ\">YouTube channel <\/a>so we can expand this network of connection. Let&#8217;s not only be subject2change, but willing to explore and set our course!<\/p>\n<p>Jodi and Lauren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow. It\u2019s been awhile and how we\u2019ve missed you. YOU being the amazing people we chat with, exploring ideas and learning about journeys. 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