This unit will act as an introduction to Futurism. We will look at some important ways of thinking that will help guide our discussion for the rest of the semester. We will analyze things aspects of the course like seminars, paradigms, scenario planning, future wheels, prophecies, and discussions.
This unit will focus on the importance of living a sustainable lifestyle to preserve our resources for future generations. We will discuss different types of sustainable living styles, global warming, farming practices and more. We will discuss many of our western agricultural and living lifestyles and discuss the practicality of them.
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We will start our discussion based units with technology. The best part of discussion based units, is that we will see where our interests take us. Some potential areas of technology we will discuss will include: Robotics, artificial intelligence, ethics in technology, privacy with technology, smart phones, technology-human integration and more.
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