The Enlightened Society for Future Global History

Public policy has long been held to ransom by kleptocrats with delusions of grandeur.

Nothing will improve in the future.  It will only become worse and worse.  

Dystopian experiences are already common in many parts of the world, as they have been in the past.

With systematic corruption, systemic incompetence and widespread indifference blatantly self-evident everywhere today, how did that situation arise?

Who, if anyone, is still alive after trying to prevent such cruelty from happening?

You may frequently discover that it is necessary to reinterpret messages to find the truth behind them.

Real free speech expresses truth and fairness.

Real free trade expresses truth and fairness.

Without truth and fairness, there is no freedom, no justice and no hope of fairness arising.

The most significant flaw in all political systems is optimum bias.

All statistics relating to global improvements are superficial at best but mostly deceptive in reality. 

Most actions claimed to be good are superficial at best and cruelly deceptive in reality. 

What is your acquaintance with the future of wages?

What is your acquaintance with future extreme weather events?

What is your acquaintance with the future of pandemics?

What is your acquaintance with global history, and how did you acquire that acquaintance?

Images of future dystopias are reflections of failed public policies, greed, corruption, etc.

Images of future utopias are reflections of ideals, most of which will never be associated with public policies, given the types of people most usually attracted to political careers.

Images associated with relatively responsible approaches to the future are another matter entirely.

Who and what usually influences the future, and why?  

What is your acquaintance with the future of global history, and how did you acquire that acquaintance if not through the Enlightened Society for Future Global History?

Assessing the future as accurately as possible really has nothing much in common with speculative fiction and whatever grab bag of silly ideas happens to be called public policy at any particular moment.

What is your acquaintance with assessing risks and managing risks?

As you may have noticed, real time travel happens in real time, at the same pace, every day, or at least it has been doing so for as long as anyone can remember.

How do you respond to the claims associated with astrology, fashion trends, home ownership and other speculations?

You may associate the future more closely with science fiction than historical fact and/or scientific fact.

What have been your experiences of stories set in a now past future?

Perhaps you claim to predict the future through predictions and/or forecasting, with various sorts of evidence, or none at all.

How much do you rely upon weather forecasts when planning future activities, such as selecting suitable clothing to wear and a time and place for a pleasant picnic?

What is your acquaintance with financial predictions? 

What do you regard as the future of debt in various parts of the world?

Perhaps you have written a future history of the fictional variety.  If so, is it of the dystopian, utopian or relatively responsible variety?

While futurists are apparently regarded as experts in studying the future, perhaps most are mainly purveyors of self-fulfilling prophecies and the marketing of new gadgetry.

What do you consider to be the most appropriate historiography for future global history?

There are many ways to think about global history and its future.

What do you know about the past and future of globalisation? 

How have you been examining the effects of climate change recently, especially when seeking to predict its future effects locally and globally? 

What do you believe to be the most suitable skill set required for managing a future fund or an insurance company, and why?

What do you now know about the history of pandemics in relation to the future of horrible diseases, especially considering your possible ignorance of such matters about a year or so ago?

What is your acquaintance with the future of the Earth?

How do you try to understand the economics of change and uncertainty, and from whose point of view?

What did the future look like in 1997, and to whom?

We all need proper support in our active endeavours to enlighten the world.

What is your acquaintance with the possible future of corsetry?

Who and what usually contributes to good in the world?

How have you examined the contributions of purported heroes to the shaping of history?

How have you examined the contributions of the popular culture machine?

How have you examined the contributions of Realpolitik, crazy ideologies and conspiracy theories?

How have you examined the contributions of real philanthropy?

The Enlightened Society for Future Global History does not yet exist.

Who and what will influence its development?

Of course, cruelty is NOT normal, yet when has normality ever been the driving force of history?

The Enlightened Society for Future Global History will focus on quality investments, in the widest and wisest possible ways.

Its members will examine various ways to understand forecasts and predictions, and other theoretical perspectives, particularly from the perspective of quality leadership, as provided through the Twaklin Trust.

If you wish to know more, please make your way to the appropriate library.