Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introducing Alternative Futures

    • My Introduction to This Tool…

    • Why This Tool, at This Time?
  • 2

    Context

    • A Primer on Futurism, Jim Dator, and the Four “Images of the Future”

    • My Attraction to Alternative Futures
  • 3

    The Nuts and Bolts of Alternative Futures

    • Deductive vs Associative Approaches

    • An Overview of the Four Futures

    • Future #1: "Grow"

    • Future #2: "Collapse"

    • Future #3: "Discipline"

    • Future #4: "Transformation"

    • Test Yourself!

    • More than Four Archetypes? A History Lesson

    • A Quick Recap.

    • A look ahead at part 2!
  • 4

    Putting Alternative Futures to Use

    • Challenges with the Archetypes

    • Preparing to Use the Archetypes

    • Narrow the Topic

    • "7 or 8 Presets?" (Introducing Timeless Needs)

    • 24 Hours of UX: Designing for Timeless Needs [FULL VIDEO]

    • Timeless Needs (Part 1)

    • Let's play… 'Is it a timeless need?"

    • Timeless Needs (Part 2)

    • The Systems View

    • What's the Timeframe?

    • Recap: Ways to Apply the Alternative Futures

    • The Thing from the Future