INTR13-306 Study Guide - Final Guide: Yin And Yang, A Prophet, Robot Learning
15 Jun 2018
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PROSPECT FOR GLOBAL POLTICS WEEK 1-9 Notes
Today’s futurists are not in the business of prediction. They are not
diviners of the future, or prophets or wedded to the idea that
progress is inevitable.’ So, what does distinguish the modernday
futurist?
• Historic Futurists
o Prophets
o Divination – divine pattern created by nation
o Revelation – a prophet
o Idea of progression – advances
o Historicism – defined by histories
• Modern Day Futurists
o How humans function
o How it could progress after analysing stakeholders and
key events
o Holistic view
o How humans trust, cooperate, learn, fight and hate
o More realistic , open-minded, incorporating diverse
stakeholders and also willing to change their perspective
in light of new information
• Not prophets, divination, revelation, idea of
progression and historicism
▪ Eg.
▪ Impact of Chinese, Indian and other non-western
cultures
▪ Planet and its cultural, political, economic and
environmental diversity
▪ Drivers/trends – globalisation and the integration of
technology in combat
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Create a narrative about change in Africa AND/OR China that
incudes any or all of the following ingredients: a river, arrows of
differing shapes and directions, the yin-yang symbol, a butterfly,
and the edge of chaos.
• Africa and China
• Africa//butterfly symbol
o Growing into a better functioning nation and community
▪ One of transformation, original cell -> Africa being
the oldest inhabited territory on earth – origins of
human species
▪ Cells developed to caterpillar -> but has been stuck
in this form since the age of colonialism
▪ Slowly progressing into its full potential (butterfly)
through the diffusion of information technologies –
the telephone
o Relationship between china and Africa
▪ Yin-yang
▪ Mutually beneficial
• China
o River
o Constantly changing and progressing
o China – butterfly – the ripple effect.
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What do you think will dominate the global agenda in the short
term and in the longer term? Justify your projections.
• Short term
o 0-19 years
▪ Conflict between US and Syria
▪ Equality
▪ Life on land
▪ Water and Sanitation
▪ Life below water
• Long term
o 20-100 years
▪ Environment
• Creating clean and affordable energy
• China – a possible leading environmental
player
▪ Industry, innovation and infrastructure
• Globalisation -> robots
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Document Summary
Today"s futurists are not in the business of prediction. You may be as specific or wide-ranging as you wish. Future as propaganda: prediction of a certain kind of future for the purpose of influencing policy towards a particular ends. Examples: donald trump, me(cid:454)ico, i(cid:373)(cid:373)igratio(cid:374), (cid:449)all, (cid:862)the co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863), talking about irrelevant information, travel ban. Policy recommendations: drivers matrix, 5 actors + 2 processors, mandala. Use an eastern cultural concept like the yin-yang symbol, the elephant and the blind man parable, or a mandala to analyse a global problem of your choice and provide recommendations for solving it. Global issues: refugees (goal of a culturally accepting nation, climate change (goal of a effective and efficient climate, war (goal of peace) Factors that are important to promote: equitable development, contribution and commitment globe cares, education, knowledge, acceptance, cooperation and $, think tanks, innovative firms. Ying-yang: female and male principles in chinese, unity working together mutually benefitical relationship.
