How the future began

Description

Throughout history people have been curious about what lies ahead, perhaps originally linked to human survival. And, although they have come a long way from the prophesising of seers such as Cassandra in the Ancient Greek era they still try to find ways to ‘see into the future’. This foresight is no longer abstract magic, but constitutes contemporary ‘anticipatory studies’, from pattern recognition, to in-depth trend analyses. This new era of futurology promises to help forge their distant futures path, but do these promises live up to scrutiny and how much can they trust ‘certain’ methods of prediction?

With the credibility of futurology at an all-time low, can they trust these methods of prediction to be accurate? One expert who believes there is scope for improvement is futurist ?Richard Watson. Through analysing patterns, trends and technology he will guide them through the world of predictions and help them to think critically about the methodology.

He will help answer the question of whether they can make accurate forecasts of events to come, and whether or not the future is all doom and gloom, or if there is still room for optimism.

Date

This event last took place on: Mon 20th Jan 2025

Location

Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum)
21 Albemarle Street
London
W1S 4BS

Prices

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