Author: P A Martin Börjesson

P A Martin Börjesson is a creative analyst interested in futures thinking, complexity, metacrisis and the current transformation of society.

Researchers show that global democracy really is slipping

Most observers of global political development would probably just nod at this. There definitely seems to be a pattern: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin,  Xi Jinping, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Victor Orbán to just mention the most obvious ones.  But recently two Swedish researchers went one step further and provides us with numbers, or at least … Continue reading Researchers show that global democracy really is slipping →

Approaching General AI challenge with an Animal-AI Olympics

How do you approach a really hairy problem like developing a General AI? Well, nature solved it the evolutionary way ie by means of competition. So why not use the model of competition? Another problem is defining "general" in general AI, so why not just compete with the real thing? And why start with humans, … Continue reading Approaching General AI challenge with an Animal-AI Olympics →

Is tracking our own “micro changes” key to our future security?

A new AI-enabled pilot project aims to sense “micro changes” in the behavior of people with top-secret clearances. If it works, it could be the future of corporate HR. Source: The US Military Is Creating the Future of Employee Monitoring The future of HR? Don't you mean the future of human societies?? When the military … Continue reading Is tracking our own “micro changes” key to our future security? →

Marina Gorbis on: ”Five Principles for Thinking Like a Futurist”

Marina Gorbis is a futurist and executive director of the Institute for the Future (IFTF), a research organization that helps organizations to think about and prepare for the future. In Educause Review she wrote this really good article where she listed "Five Principles for Thinking Like a Futurist": Forget about predictions. Focus on signals. Look … Continue reading Marina Gorbis on: ”Five Principles for Thinking Like a Futurist” →

Which is the most important parameter for the future of humanity?

It is easy to believe that the future is a consequence of a number of external driving forces. Just for the overview, we can collect them under the headlines Social factors (soc), Technological factors (tech), Economical Factors (econ), Ecological Factors (ecol) and Political Factors (pol). If we describe it as a mathematical function for how the society … Continue reading Which is the most important parameter for the future of humanity? →

National Intelligence Council futures report: Paradox of Progress

Only days before(!) Donald Trump is inaugurated as POTUS the US Nation Intelligence Council released a public report on the future which underlines their views of the uncertainties which will shape the next 20 years. The timing of the release of an open intelligence report is of course a whole discussion in itself. What caught my eye … Continue reading National Intelligence Council futures report: Paradox of Progress →

The future of Europe – a short repost

Looking back on what I wrote about some time ago I found a text I wrote in 2005 about how the European project might crash. The context then was the French riots which sent an echo throughout Europe. I often find it interesting to read foreigners who observe and comment on your own behavior. In Peter Schwartz’s … Continue reading The future of Europe – a short repost →

The City – the mother of all sharing platforms

The cities of the planet are growing in both numbers and influence. United Nations predicts that in 2050 about 66% of the human population on this planet will not live in rural but in urban areas. Comparing this to 30% in 1950 the global rate by which the cities are growing is amazing. In Sweden, … Continue reading The City – the mother of all sharing platforms →