15/08/2026
The American report series Global Trends was, for nearly thirty years, a leading example of public strategic foresight. The National Intelligence Council (NIC), the long-term analysis […]
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19/07/2025
In a world where artificial intelligence enables increasingly accurate predictions – from weather forecasts to economic trends – a fundamental question arises: does AI make traditional […]
12/07/2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested Dutch society, economy and government in an unprecedented way. What began as reports about a mysterious virus in a Chinese city, […]
06/07/2025
.Leiden, February 27, 2045 What began as a mysterious virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan would grow into the biggest health crisis since World War […]
05/07/2025
It seems so logical to plan ahead and think about the future. Yet people struggle with long-term planning. They fall back on short-term choices and abandon […]
27/12/2020
December 27, 2037 Data mining and analysis of conversations and posts on some popular social media sites show that the so-called Real World Organism (RWO) theory […]