Futurist Resources

We'll be significantly expanding this list of resources over time with the help of the community. Something we're missing? Let us know.

Books

• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World - David Epstein
• Industries of the Future - Alec Ross
• Superintelligence - Nick Bostrom
• The Inevitable - Kevin Kelly
• Homo Deus - Yuval Noah Harari
• The Future of the Brain - Gary Marcus and Jeremy Freeman
• The Singularity is Near - Ray Kurzweil

Online Courses and Learning

Future Studies

• Introduction to Futures Thinking (Institute for the Future)
• Forecasting Skills (Institute for the Future)
• Simulation Skills (Institute for the Future)
• Collaborative Foresight (Institute for the Future)
• Urgent Optimism (Institute for the Future)

Business

• Managing the Company of the Future (University of London)
• Designing the Future of Work (University of New South Wales)

Finance

• The Future of Payment Technologies (University of Michigan)
• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies (Princeton University)

Environment

• Our Earth's Future (American Museum of Natural History)
• Biosphere 2 Science for the Future of Our Planet (University of Arizona)

Food

• Solutions for Future Food Problems (Utrect University)

Energy

• Our Energy Future (UC San Diego)

Technology

• Codeacademy
• freeCodeCamp
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (IBM)
• Data Science Professional Certificate (IBM)

Blogs

• Kurzweil AI
  

Podcasts

• Future of Everything (WSJ)
• Future Curious (Nesta)
• The Secret History of the Future (Slate)
• Future Perfect (Vox)
• .future (Microsoft)
• Future Thinking (Stylus)

Futurist Associations

• Association of Professional Futurists (APF)
• International Institute of Forecasters (IIF)
• LaFutura
• The Millennium Project
• World Futures Society (WFS)
• World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF)

Tools and Calculators

• Microsoft AirSim
  
• Mars Colony Power Simulator
• ISS Docking Simulatior