The Futures Lens

Forced Futures

Why the backlash against AI is the reliable response to how we talk about it

Apr 19 • Johannes Kleske

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The Phantom AI Race

A metaphor that runs without competition

Apr 12 • Johannes Kleske

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Anti-Dystopia

A third way between preemptive surrender and blind hope

Apr 5 • Johannes Kleske

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March 2026

Doomscrolling the future

How collapse narratives become self-fulfilling prophecies

Mar 29 • Johannes Kleske

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The future as a force of nature

A close reading of Amy Webb's SXSW 2026 keynote

Mar 22 • Johannes Kleske

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Even If You Knew the Future

Between insight and action, bureaucracy eats strategy for breakfast

Mar 15 • Johannes Kleske

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How future narratives shape the present

A keynote transcript from the Legal Foresight Workshop

Mar 8 • Johannes Kleske

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The Missing Scenario

What a second future does that a single one never can

Mar 2 • Johannes Kleske

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February 2026

Cultural Lead: Why AI Is Different

What happens when culture runs ahead of technology

Feb 22 • Johannes Kleske

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AI and the Futures of Work

A decade of hype cycles, failed predictions, and the stories we keep telling ourselves about AI and work

Feb 15 • Johannes Kleske

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Sunday Braindump – 2025-02-01

Catching up and OpenClaw/Moltbook thoughts

Feb 1 • Johannes Kleske

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February 2025

Moving beyond Substack

A new home for critical futures perspectives

Feb 5, 2025 • Johannes Kleske