Catching up with Richard Slaughter. He has been wondering why it seems so hard for our societies to change in order to prevent difficult futures for themselves. He has been thinking deeply about what are our ‘skewed narratives’ and how these prevent us from taking the necessary action.
Interviewed by: Peter Hayward
References
Lewis, S. & Maslin, M. (2018) The Human Planet: How we Created the Anthropocene, London: Penguin. Review for Europe Now Journal by J.S. Schneiderman, May 2019: https://www.europenowjournal.org/2019/05/06/the-human-planet-how-we-created-the-anthropocene-by-simon-l-lewis-and-mark-a-maslin/
Ludlam, S. (2021) Full Circle: A search for the world that comes next. Melbourne: Black Inc. Reviewed by RS on the FI site: https://foresightinternational.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Full-Circle-Review.pdf
Zuboff, S. (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. London: Profile Books. Reviews by RS in the Journal of Futures Studies, 2020: https://foresightinternational.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Slaughter_Confronting_High_Tech_Nightmare_JFS_24_4_2020.pdf
Downloadable articles
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