Dr. Timothy X. MerrittSep 24, 2022How 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...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittFeb 14, 2022Directed Fiction: Scanning the future with scenario promptsDirected Fiction Defined: Directed fiction is a strategic foresight tool designed to simultaneously consider multiple plausible future...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittFeb 7, 2022Alternative Futures: The use of fiction to explore competing visionsAbstract: Alternate Futures are compared using the foresight technique of Directed Fiction. Directed Fiction seeks to blend the foresight...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittFeb 7, 2022Alternative Futures: Growth and DecayAppendix A. Appendix A to Alternative Futures describes a world in which we see a continuation of the current economic status quo, big...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittFeb 7, 2022Alternative Futures: Threats and New HopeAppendix B. Appendix B to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event is immanent. The emphasis is on how...