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History of the Book Thinking about the future
The role of vision
The Vision Book Project Introduction Over 20 international leading figures of science, technology and humanities were commissioned to write articles for the book. Written in the form of critiques, essays and scenarios, authors describe and analyse the possible futures they think could be or should be. An intriguing diversity of areas was covered: healthcare, sustainable development, emerging forms of governance, privacy, as well as sociological, cultural and economic views. The book is aimed at a range of readers: decision-makers in business and the public sector; people involved in research and development; those interested in European affairs; and above all, anybody interested in the future! The intention was that the publication of the actual book would set the scene for the second phase of the project, which aimed to create a debate around our future during the current shift from the Information Age to the Knowledge Age. Readers were to be invited to react with comments, feedback or to send in their own contributions.
Movitation Both knowledge and imagination are needed for such an enterprise. The power of the imagination is greatly underestimated - visions are often lacking in what is done in research. Yet, we cannot deliberate nor act on ideas that have not been imagined. Many advances in history have been driven by visionary ideas. Leonardo da Vinci's huge arrays of inventions were doodled in his notebooks. Einstein deliberately tried to imagine what it would be like to ride on a beam of light and famously said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Of course, if we only fantasise then we lose touch with reality - but if we can move between fantasy and reality then we can create a future for ourselves that is more meaningful and relevant. The advantage of playing with the future in this way, is that once something is imagined it can be altered at will, by a range of people. The aim of the project was to bring together a diverse range of leading figures, and to ask them to write about what they think could be, or should be, in the future. To describe a topic for which they are well recognised as experts, but also to reflect on issues and to imagine. And of course such a process of thinking, reflecting and imagining should be open to everybody.
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