Being Without Existing

Being Without Existing: The Futures Community at a Turning Point? A Comment on Jay Ogilvy’s “Facing the Fold”

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Jay Ogilvy’s “Facing the Fold”

Four Historical Stages

From Tradition to Modern Progression to PostModern Synergy/Pessimism to Multiple Futures View (Tragicomic)


Jay Ogilvy’s “Facing the Fold”

Scenaric Stances


Riel’s Beliefs

Scenaric Stances As Balance


Riel’s Beliefs

Onotological and Anticipatory Systems Thinking


Riel’s Beliefs

Embracing the Unknown


Riel’s Beliefs

“The bottom line is that to meet our desire to respect the moral imperative of acting to create a better world we need to change how we think about the future not what specific futures we imagine.”


Questions

- Is it desirable to be open to all possibilities, regardless of “plausibility”?

- How would you attempt to frame your ontological beginnings with an anticipatory systems progression in your domain?

- Does your level of questions cease at the “what’s in, what’s out” question at the beginning of your framework?


Being Without Existing

Education

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