What we’re about
It's not that we know the future, but we are interested in learning about current trends and how they may develop going forward.
What will your life be like 10, 20, 30 years from now? What is possible, probable, and preferable? How should you prepare? What will be the effects of trends that are developing now on your employment, family, health, and community? How will advances in science and technology affect economics, politics, culture, society, business, geopolitics, and more? What are the challenges and opportunities?
If you are interested in how the world is developing and what that might mean for the future, sign up for our Meetup, and you will receive notices of upcoming meetings.
These are the areas that are explored at meetings of Minnesota Futurists.
GENERAL AREAS OF INTEREST - Technology | Sociology | Demographics | Economics | World Affairs | Ecology and the Environment | Genetics, ,Medicine and Health Care | Wealth and Power | Energy | Automation, and Robotics | Transhumanism I Information Networks
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you look at past meetings, it often shows that between 4-6 people sign up for most meetings. In actuality, between 12 and 20 people attend virtually every Saturday morning.
Who are MN Futurists? Established in 1968, Minnesota Futurists is a group of curious people interested in understanding the evolution and state of current social, cultural, economic, geopolitical, scientific, and technological trends and phenomena and then considering [1] the probability of them persisting, accelerating, or regressing, [2] the probable and possible implications if they do, and [3] the future we prefer along with strategies and tactics for moving toward it.
Upcoming events (4)
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The Growth of US Federal Debt and the Development of AI: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The Growth of US Federal Debt
In 2014 the US Federal Debt was $17 trillion. Today, it is $32 trillion and growing at almost 2 trillion dollars per year. In the meantime, we have made promises to our retired citizens via Medicare and Social Security that grow yearly as our retired community expands. At the same time, our birth and fertility rates are falling, and our healthcare costs are expanding well beyond the rate of inflation.
- What could possibly go wrong?
The Development of Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk, who should be able to make a good guess, believes that there is an 80-90% probability that over the long term, the development of AI will lead to a life of abundance for every human and a 10%-20% chance that things will go wrong and lead to a terrible future for humanity [or no future].
In this presentation, we will explore these probabilities.
- What could possibly go wrong?
If either of these two topics interests you, please attend.
The first 30 minutes of this presentation are called Random Bits. This is when anyone can mention anything they have learned recently relating to what life may be like in the near or distant future. At 10 AM the presentation begins. We run until 11:30 AM but if there is interest we can extend until Noon.
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