Monthnote #1, December 2024

After a looong summer break, Fionn, Lewis and Santini dive into some spiritual topics: Bhutan's vision of a mindfulness city, religions as the OG vision creators and wrapping up exploring the power of divination vs today's predictive forecasting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month Fionn and Lewis talk about the lessons we can learn from golden age pirates (or the real spelling pyrates), cultural slogans of yesterday and today and AI influencers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, Lewis discusses sustainability through board games. Fionn gets philosophical about complexity theory. And Santini complains about living forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, the team at Andthen discuss the shaky foundations of trend forecasting, the growing cultural space of climate preppers—from Costco bulk-buyers to resilient futurists—and the influence of science fiction on how we imagine and shape the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, Fionn, Lewis and Santini talk about resisting the generative slop, loving the gutters of comics, and designing futures with intentionality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month Lewis and Fionn discuss how regenerative farming practice are moving mainstream, and reflect on the values that we're unconsciously encoding in our futures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month Santini tells us why he hates Meta, Lewis discusses the idolatry of startups, and Fionn reflects on the disconnect with AI and the irony of OpenAI's vision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month Santini reflects on his attendance at the Dubai Future Forum, Lewis talks about the concept of vision in politics with a deep dive into Trump's success at visioning, and Fionn discusses Yuval Noah Harari's articulation of storytelling as an information technology.There's a slight 'oops' at the end but we'll fix that for next time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.