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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 08:02:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Harold Lockworth <>
Subject: Failed futures was Re: CryoNet # #29220 [Harold Lockworth]

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Message From: "Mark Plus" 

>Really? Do you a plentiful income from sources that can't 
>fire you? Maybe you can let us in on our secret. 

With less sarcasm and a more earnest desire to seek knowledge 
you might find that the future was not what a few 
so-called futurists claimed because they were, for the most part,
visionaries not futurists. Futurists practice a discipline 
based on specific techniques that suggest possible future 
scenarios, not predictions.  Futurists contend that there 
is not one future, but many possible futures and offer 
suggested outcomes based on a series of drivers which bring 
about change.  Futurists also make it clear up front 
that there are discontinuities that occur and to be prepared for them. 

A Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome would not 
survive in today's landscape because it lacks the 
technology to provide for sustainability and comfort. 

Spend time reading about the ideas for today's architects 
and you will find that they are indeed far-reaching and 
practical. 
 


http://www.ostina.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1426http://buildingenergy.nesea.org/
http://www.energyarchitecture.com.au/
http://www.worldchanging.com
http://futurefeeder.com/
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/03/the_architectur.php


http://architectureofsustainability.blogspot.com/2006/05/thoughts-on-friday-looking-at-work.html

HL



 
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