This section contains techniques that have fascinated humans for aeons. It covers ways to envision, project and speculate about what might happen in the future, based on what we know or assume about the past and present. We see these techniques as different types of lenses through which we can observe the complexities of reality as it unfolds. Whichever technique is applied, however (in)formally, a speculative exercise should enable us to more clearly see where we are, where we would or wouldn’t like to go, in order to adapt our current situation accordingly. We invite the reader to use these techniques enhanced by a playful 'what-if' mindset, and see what emerges…

• Scenario building (preferred or alternative futures)
  • Four generic futures
  • 2x2 uncertainty
  • The futures cone / cone of possibility
  • Branching scenarios
  • Manoa approach
  • Panarchy model
• Discovering alternatives (CLA)
• Closed eye visioning
• Stochastic futures
• Divination / scrying (fire, bones, coffee, tea leaves, stones, entrails, earth…), geomancy, tarot
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