While futurology is critical to revealing our societal values and fostering a way of thinking that can bring about real paradigm shifts, it remains highly imperfect. It is a field that is not purely scientific—although those methods can be assistive—but instead a pseudoscience that introduces bias…
The book suggests that our views about tomorrow show how we think today; accuracy is less important than the thought process in futurology. Art is a cultural apparatus in which we can study how we feel about the future and even project how it is collectively shaped. At a top-level, I wonder if the art of our time communicates our current escapism and dreams of more inclusive futures. Personally, I’d rather our future be theorized by artists than billionaires and corporations. How can our “what if” be mobilized for and by us?
~~ Chenoa Baker