Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
The idea of sustainability can imply there is one perfect, unchanging future, if only we could work out how to get there.… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Human civilization has been changing the Earths environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter water cycles… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal - it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Geoengineering involves humans making intentional, large-scale modifications to the Earths geophysical systems in order to change the environment. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
With increasing fervor since the 1980s, sustainability has been the watchword of scientists, environmental activists, and indeed all those concerned about the… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
But here's the ugly truth: nature doesn't care about democracy, or who's right, or what's fair. And because of the slow-change aspect… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
We've already seen digital picture frames pre-loaded with viruses; I'm not eager to have my refrigerator hacked or my alarm clock turned against me. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
You need to recognize that the copyright date on a book reflects when it came out, not when it was written - assume that… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Human beings are social animals; we devote a significant portion of our brain just to dealing with interactions with other humans. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Nearly every communication method we invent eventually conveys unwanted commercial messages. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Participatory complexity may well be the key descriptor of the 21st century - in our economies, in our politics, and in our everyday lives. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Preventing global warming from becoming a planetary catastrophe may take something even more drastic than renewable energy, superefficient urban design, and global carbon taxes. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Is there a better example of natural selection in action than 'Project Runway?' — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas out there. Other substances, such as water vapor and nitrous oxide, also trap heat to varying degrees. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
