The progress of science today leaves our societies with the feeling of being at a crossroads: technological breakthroughs are announced (nanotechnologies, synthetic biology, etc.) at a time when our models of economic growth seem destined to come up against the physical and environmental limits of the planet.
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The progress of science today leaves our societies with the feeling of being at a crossroads: technological breakthroughs are announced (nanotechnologies, synthetic biology, etc.) at a time when our models of economic growth seem destined to come up against the physical and environmental limits of the planet.
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The progress of science today leaves our societies with the feeling of being at a crossroads: technological breakthroughs are announced (nanotechnologies, synthetic biology, etc.) at a time when our models of economic growth seem destined to come up against the physical and environmental limits of the planet.
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Is foresight capable of influencing the future in a way that promotes what is desirable? Foresight was born in the thought of a man, Gaston Berger, who was confronted with the difficulties of elaborating public decision making. Since then, French and Anglo-Saxon schools have diverged, but continue to share an optimistic conviction: the future can
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In Misery of Historicism (1945), Karl Popper states: "The future course of history is unpredictable. "In "SF and Experimentation", Isabelle Stengers seems to argue the opposite (Hottois, Philosophy and SF, 2000). In "SF and Experimentation", Isabelle Stengers seems to argue the opposite (Hottois, Philosophy and SF, 2000).
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"If science becomes fiction, it has to be the science of tomorrow, and that means that fiction can anticipate science. But if it is chained to the unleashing of science, it does not have the power to chain science, hence its lack of seriousness. "Nathalie
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Sentinelle du futur, le Centre culturel international de Cerisy a toujours capté les tournants collectifs : Gide, Bachelard, Jankelevitch, Malraux, Habermas, Deleuze ou Derrida y ont partagé leurs visions. Ici on cherche à saisir la mouvance des biens communs, du numérique, des nouvelles formes du travail ou des territoires résilients (thème
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Près de 66% de la population devrait vivre en ville en 2050. Il est donc grand temps de repenser la ville. Aussi, l’architecte et urbaniste danois Jan Gehl a passé sa carrière à étudier les villes et à tenter de réaliser de véritables lieux de vie pour leurs habitants. Une
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L’Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie publie son rapport d’activité 2015, « No future ? ». L’année 2015 a été sans conteste un tournant pour la transition vers une société bas carbone. L’Accord de Paris et la Loi de transition énergétique pour la croissance verte nous projettent avec d’autant plus
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We are experiencing a major change in civilization, which is reflected in our relationship to consciousness, education and money, as well as in our relationship with nature and all the kingdoms of life. We have to move from instrumentalizing nature to being in
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...or the eloquence of the birds. Transition, change, complexity... in this troubled period that we are going through, our thirst for meaning, coherence, reassurance brings us back to the foundations of the myth. Around us, the world is becoming more and more visible. In the face of this great Transition and the increase of the
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Quand les imaginaires et la fiction s’invitent dans la prospective, et quand la prospective s’embarque dans l’action, grandit-elle ou se perd-elle ? En 2013 la Communauté urbaine de Lyon, en partenariat avec l’École Nationale Supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon et la Cité du design, organisait un colloque dédié à la prospective. Cinquante ans
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Sachant anticiper les tendances, traduire des informations tirées du marketing et de la R&D, prendre en compte des contraintes techniques, le design se diffuse aujourd’hui largement. « Le principal argument mis en avant par les designers c’est que le design peut tout réinventer, jusqu’aux services publics, car leur métier est
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