Navigating the Ethical Dilemmas of a Greater Depression: A Three Frameworks Perspective
Abstract: Explores the ethical implications of a Greater Depression from three philosophical frameworks: Utilitarianism, Deontology, and...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jan 21
Surviving the Greater Depression: How National and International Legal Systems Will Adapt
Abstract: Explores the potential impacts of a catastrophic global economic collapse on national and international legal systems from the...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jan 19
The Greater Depression and the Reshaping of the Political Landscape
Abstract: Examines the potential impact of a fictional Greater Depression on Global Multimodal Logistics (GML) from the perspective of...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jan 16
When the Global Economy Fails, So Does the Planet: The Environmental Costs of a Greater Depression
Abstract: The environmental consequences of a Greater Depression can range from air pollution, to water scarcity, to the loss of...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jan 13
Facing the Unfathomable: Government Strategies for Dealing with a Greater Depression
Abstract: Explores how economic policies governments might employ to respond to the Greater Depression, a hypothetical future economic...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Dec 22, 2022
From Crisis to Innovation: How the Greater Depression will Shape the Development of Technology
Abstract: Explores how the Greater Depression, a hypothetical future economic crisis, could shape future technology development. It...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Sep 24, 2022
How Would a Greater Depression Affect Society?
A Greater Depression is a nebulous term. There is no formal definition of an economic depression, but these terrible economic calamities...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 14, 2022
Directed Fiction: Scanning the future with scenario prompts
Directed Fiction Defined: Directed fiction is a strategic foresight tool designed to simultaneously consider multiple plausible future...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 7, 2022
Alternative Futures: The use of fiction to explore competing visions
Abstract: Alternate Futures are compared using the foresight technique of Directed Fiction. Directed Fiction seeks to blend the foresight...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 7, 2022
Alternative Futures: Growth and Decay
Appendix A. Appendix A to Alternative Futures describes a world in which we see a continuation of the current economic status quo, big...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 7, 2022
Alternative Futures: Threats and New Hope
Appendix B. Appendix B to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event is immanent. The emphasis is on how...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 7, 2022
Alternative Futures: Wasteworlds
Appendix C. Appendix C to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event has already occurred. There have been...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 7, 2022
Alternative Futures: The Powers that Be
Appendix D. Appendix D to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event or phenomenon (often man-made) has already...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 7, 2022
Alternative Futures: Disarray
Appendix E. Appendix E to Alternative Futures describes a world in which we see a recognizable world absent of apparent transformations,...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 7, 2022
Alternative Futures: Inversion
Appendix F. Appendix F to Alternative Futures highlights what is perhaps the greatest strength of science fiction for use as a tool for...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jan 17, 2022
Imagining the Future: The rapid classification of fiction archetypes
Abstract: Classifying fiction illuminates the future. The technique for imagining the future presented in this paper using a rapid,...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jun 28, 2021
Foresight Scenario Testing - Part 4
SWOT Analysis Introduction This variation of the SWOT analysis differs significantly from traditional business applications which focus...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jun 28, 2021
Foresight Scenario Testing - Part 3
A quick visual representation of the Stress Test is possible by comparing PIRA’s six strategies to provide shelter to one million people...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jun 28, 2021
Foresight Scenario Testing - Part 2
Scenario Report Background The scenario report that will be used to stress test PIRA’s six strategies is titled “Global Governance in...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jun 28, 2021
Foresight Scenario Testing - Part 1
Executive Summary This is a report that I use to help me imagine the dynamics of the fictionalized organization, the Parousia...
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