{"id":2348,"date":"2020-01-30T08:33:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T08:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceofthetime.com\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2020-01-30T08:33:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T08:33:40","slug":"five-reasons-to-embrace-a-positive-horizon-towards-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceofthetime.com\/dlc\/2020\/01\/30\/five-reasons-to-embrace-a-positive-horizon-towards-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Reasons to Embrace a Positive Horizon Towards\u00a02050"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"section section--body\">\n<div class=\"section-divider\"><hr class=\"section-divider\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-inner sectionLayout--insetColumn\">\n<blockquote class=\"graf graf--blockquote\">A story by <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--blockquote-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lindahofman20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lindahofman20\/\">Linda Hofman<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">At the beginning of this new decennium, here are five advices to think positively about the future. Not in the least, it is a solid antidote against all dark future assumptions coming from 2019, starting with the melting Iceberg and ending with Greta and her climate strikes necessarily becoming <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2019\/dec\/11\/greta-thunberg-time-magazine-person-of-the-year-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2019\/dec\/11\/greta-thunberg-time-magazine-person-of-the-year-2019\">Times person of the year 2019 Greta Thunberg<\/a>. Here they are:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"postList\">\n<li class=\"graf graf--li\">Don\u2019t listen to white bears advices<\/li>\n<li class=\"graf graf--li\">Finding purpose<\/li>\n<li class=\"graf graf--li\">Follow the fun<\/li>\n<li class=\"graf graf--li\">Act from hope<\/li>\n<li class=\"graf graf--li\">Flip thinking to find solutions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 class=\"graf graf--h4\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">1. Don\u2019t listen to the white bears\u00a0advice!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">When people advice you not to think about your desire for a cigarette while you quit smoking\u2026 When people advice you not think about chocolate when you are on a diet\u2026 When people advice you not to think of the partner who has recently left you\u2026: Don\u2019t follow their advice! Actually, the advice aggravates your problem. Many of us know this as the pink elephant or white bear phenomenon. When asked not to think of them, you can\u2019t get them out of your head. Because every time you decide against thinking, they pop up right back in your head. In scientific language this is called <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YMdjENuqVa0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YMdjENuqVa0\">ironic rebound<\/a> It is founded in our universal neurophysiological condition (Wegner &amp; Schneider, 2003)[1].<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">What does this mean for the future, both your own and society\u2019s? Basically, it means that you have to phrase your wishes, desires and goals in a positive manner. Phrasing it in a negative way\u200a\u2014\u200aI <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">don\u2019t<\/em> want to think about cigarettes or chocolate\u200a\u2014\u200aactually makes you think about them more, which wears your willpower out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Here\u2019s an example from a broader perspective. I am happily working at International Lifestyle Studies (ILS), part of the Dutch academy for Creative Industries. At ILS we have constructed a program aiming to let our students experience less stress. I appreciate the program. But the aim is clumsily formulated. Respecting the \u2018ironic rebound\u2019 phenomenon, it is much better to focus on helping students feel good about themselves instead of helping them to experience less stress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">On an even broader level we can ask ourselves what would happen if we didn\u2019t formulate our planet\u2019s environmental goals in a negative way. Instead of phrasing them like this\u200a\u2014\u200ahelp <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">avoid<\/em> raising the earth\u2019s temperature by 1,5 degrees Celsius, what if we phrased the entire statement in a different way using more positive vocabulary? (Suggestions are welcome as comments at the end of this blog &#x1f60a;. )<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Remember <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VX9lWwixKc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VX9lWwixKc8\">Al Gore\u2019s prediction in 2006<\/a> about our planet over 50 years? It was a wake-up call, justified to the full, but framed negatively. That drains energy. Have a look at a recently published report by Wageningen University, the title alone is contrastingly optimistic: <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/magazines.wur.nl\/climate-solutions-en\/the-netherlands-in-2120\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/magazines.wur.nl\/climate-solutions-en\/the-netherlands-in-2120\/\">This is how green the Netherlands could be in 100 years.<\/a> It promotes the idea that the Netherlands will stand strong and firm, and of course, at the same time fighting against and adapting to climate change. The report\u2019s approach helps to generate and channel our energies.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"graf graf--h4\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">2.<\/strong> <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">Finding\u00a0Purpose<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote\">\u201cEco-anxiety\u201d, \u201cclimate grief\u201d and \u201cecological despair\u201d are different terms used by experts to refer to the mental toll on people when they understand the magnitude of losses incurred by climate change and the lack of necessary action taken by those in power. <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2019\/mar\/12\/birthstrikers-meet-the-women-who-refuse-to-have-children-until-climate-change-ends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2019\/mar\/12\/birthstrikers-meet-the-women-who-refuse-to-have-children-until-climate-change-ends\">Birthstrikers<\/a> are women who refuse to have children until climate change ends. <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trazeetravel.com\/what-is-flight-shaming-and-should-you-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.trazeetravel.com\/what-is-flight-shaming-and-should-you-care\/\">Flight shaming<\/a> is a trend in traveling. \u2018Meat shaming\u2019 will be next, framing vegans and carnivores against each other. Not only does this black-and-white thinking divide people. It drains their energy and makes them depressed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"graf graf--figure graf--layoutOutsetLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"graf-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/600\/0*Xo73VdsqDEDzNJGp\" data-image-id=\"0*Xo73VdsqDEDzNJGp\" data-width=\"1080\" data-height=\"1129\" \/>\n<figcaption class=\"imageCaption\"><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--figure-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birthstrikeforfuture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.birthstrikeforfuture.com\/\">Birthstrikers<\/a><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">If a person is not able to see a positive, united future, if a person doesn\u2019t live with hope and dreams, this effects mental wellbeing and happiness. Known as:<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HoE06lSeQcE&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HoE06lSeQcE&amp;feature=emb_logo\"> depression<\/a>. Miralles and Garcia (2016) write in their book <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sloww.co\/ikigai-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.sloww.co\/ikigai-book\/\">Ikagai<\/a> about logo therapy, the Japanese way to become happy. This <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SVhuCpgLCTE&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SVhuCpgLCTE&amp;feature=emb_logo\">therapy<\/a>, developed by psychiatrist Victor Frankl, focusses on the search for purpose in someone\u2019s life. If someone has a purpose in life, if someone has hopes and dreams, the future looks brighter and is more enjoyable. Focussing on a dystopian future doesn\u2019t help a lot. It slows down their capacity to act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">What happens in a society where people don\u2019t see hope for the future? In 2016 sociologist Jean Twenge, the author of \u201c Generation Me: Why Today\u2019s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled\u200a\u2014\u200aand More Miserable Than Ever Before\u201d, <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/scienceofus\/2016\/03\/for-80-years-young-americans-have-been-getting-more-anxious-and-depressed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/scienceofus\/2016\/03\/for-80-years-young-americans-have-been-getting-more-anxious-and-depressed.html\">stated in New York magazine<\/a> that her research let her conclude that \u201cmodern life is not good for mental health\u201d. If modern life is unkind to our mental health, it\u2019s no doubt in part because so many young people are worried about their employment or their relationships, at a time when their futures are already far less clear than those of their parents. Yes, the end of the world as we know it, is nigh. But framing new goals positively, helps to motivate us and perceive a fresh future with more beauty and hope.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"graf graf--h4\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">3.<\/strong> <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">Follow the\u00a0fun<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Fun motivates. If you want to motivate yourself and stimulate others to get involved in the future: Use Fun. The gaming industry has understood this from day one: it is solidly based on fun theory. Fun makes you feel good. Combining fun with novelties makes things interesting. When and where things are both novel and fun, we immediately are intrinsically motivated to join in. The power of fun &amp; freshness keeps people engaged, prompting them to join. Which might lead to a viral spiral of engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">What does this mean for the plastic soups that harm oceans and life? Fear and nagging will only bring us that far. But consider the <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kennyarnold.com\/#\/the-waterside-gobbler-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.kennyarnold.com\/#\/the-waterside-gobbler-2\/\">Waterside Gobbles<\/a>, as designed by Kenneth Arnolds. The Waterside Gobble is a fresh and funny way to remove plastic pollution from our urban water sides. Arnolds uses his designs to engage people, make a positive impact while exploring the boundaries of what\u2019s possible. Arnolds explores futures.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"graf graf--h4\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">4.<\/strong> <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">Act from\u00a0hope<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Trying to solve wicked problems to prepare for a sustainable future can result in feelings of hopelessness, even despair. Envisioning yourself a negative future gives you stress. Negativity does something with your brain, targeting directly to the most stress-sensitive part of it: <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triune_brain#cite_ref-KHEPER_1-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triune_brain#cite_ref-KHEPER_1-0\">the reptilian-part<\/a> (Kazlev et al. 2003)[2]. When negativity shows up, this part of the brain takes over from the more rational brain parts. Negativity triggers fear and fear triggers survival mode. Your body is primed for action: fight or flight mode\u200a\u2014\u200aor\u00a0: freeze. Pretending that you are dead, or at least a little bit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Obviously, that is not the best state of mind to solve wicked problems. These are problems that only can be solved by serious clear thinking, by open discussions in which many concerted parties join and participate. Negativity will not help us solve the biggest problems we\u2019re facing in our lifetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">When it comes to the future, and its wicked problems, negativity is mostly our key frame of reference and point of departure. Just open Netflix and you find series like <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2085059\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2085059\/\">Black Mirror<\/a>, <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2261227\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2261227\/\">Altered Carbon<\/a> or <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2661044\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2661044\/\">The 100<\/a> or look at the 2019 released sci-fi movies like <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt7589524\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt7589524\/\">Aniara<\/a> or <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2527338\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2527338\/\">Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/a> and you are excused of inevitably thinking that the new age <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/gameofthrones.fandom.com\/wiki\/Winter_Is_Coming_%28motto%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/gameofthrones.fandom.com\/wiki\/Winter_Is_Coming_(motto)\">of \u2018Winter\u2019 is coming<\/a>. Our children learn negativity from us especially when we allow them to watch and play anything they please. Learning:The world is collapsing.(Anguera &amp; Santisteban. 2016)[3].<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Our brain is developed to focus on problems and negativity. To change the future in a more sustainable way, we have to act from hope. We have to believe in a better, positive future. We have to be aware that we are part of the future and that we can influence the future by creating our own (Bishop &amp; Hines. 2012)[4].<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"graf graf--h4\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">5.<\/strong> <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">Future Literacy and Flip\u00a0Thinking<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">There is no one fixed future. There are futures, in plural. In all of those envisioned futures there will be moments of trust and hope. \u2018Weighing\u2019 them, linking them, sorting out the more realistic ones and the ones for serious dreamers, that\u2019s our task. Understanding the assumptions behind all of them makes us <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/themes\/futures-literacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/themes\/futures-literacy\">future literate<\/a>. That helps us creating better and broader informed decisions about the future(s), combining diverse ingredients of many perceived futures before they actually arrive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"graf graf--figure graf--layoutOutsetLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"graf-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/600\/0*mtVB0JRBb2Eq3HeC.jpg\" data-image-id=\"0*mtVB0JRBb2Eq3HeC.jpg\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"1199\" \/>\n<figcaption class=\"imageCaption\"><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--figure-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthal.nl\/en\/plan-your-visit\/exhibitions\/Vasconcelos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthal.nl\/en\/plan-your-visit\/exhibitions\/Vasconcelos\/\">Lilicopt\u00e8re<\/a>, 2012 \u00a9 Joana Vasconcelos, FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa. Photo: Erika Barahona.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Here are examples of Future Literacy in action. When I\u2019d ask you to draw something about the future of technology, what would you draw? Probably, machinery and computer-ish objects will be included. That might be realistic, but why not think fuzzy technology? Like the Lilicopt\u00e8re\u00a9 (2012) of artist Joana Vasconcelos. Why couldn\u2019t future technology be soft and huggable? That idea invites us rethink the future of technology in a much friendlier way. Future literacy invites you to infuse your thinking, ideas and imagination with a new unexpected freshness. Embrace it! Because, to quote, Henry Ford:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"graf graf--pullquote graf--startsWithDoubleQuote\">\u201cIf you always do what you\u2019ve always done, you\u2019ll always get what you\u2019ve always\u00a0got.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Future literacy helps us to prepare for a solid future in the making. So does <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/omdenken.com\/flip-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/omdenken.com\/flip-thinking\/\">Flip Thinking<\/a>. Flip Thinking is a technique that helps you to transform problems into opportunities. It encourages you to avoid being a \u2018yes-but\u2019 type of person and helps you become a \u2018yes-and\u2019 type of person. People who continually respond to life by saying \u2018yes-but\u2019 don\u2019t just kill every good idea, they ruin complete companies, and can even bring down entire industries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">This is the thinking frame of the \u2018yes-but\u2019 type of people:<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote\">\u201cYes-but that\u2019s not how it works.<br \/>\u00a0Yes-but we can\u2019t afford it.<br \/>\u00a0Yes-but what if we get it wrong!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Yes-but people can only see clouds on the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">And this is the thinking frame of the \u2018yes-and\u2019 type of people:<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote\">\u201cYes, and how can we make sure that it works?<br \/>\u00a0Yes, and what can we invest?<br \/>\u00a0Yes, and what if everything works out?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Yes-and people ask the right questions. They are not blind to the clouds but focus on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">To the decade we have just entered, I wish you:<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">5. A \u2018yes-and\u2019 type of mentality. Also, lots of future literacy and flip-thinking capacities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">4. That you manage to act from hope, not from dystopian fear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">3. Fun! Especially when you are able to combine with fresh innovative ideas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">2. A fulfilling sense of PURPOSE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">1. Forget white bears and pink elephants. In order to focus more strongly on the positive sides of life.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"graf graf--h4\">Sources<\/h4>\n<ol class=\"postList\">\n<li class=\"graf graf--li\">Wegner, Daniel M., and David J. Schneider. \u201cThe White Bear Story.\u201d Psychological Inquiry 14.3\u20134 (2003): 326\u201329.<\/li>\n<li class=\"graf graf--li\">Kazlev, M. Alan; et al. (2003\u201310\u201319). <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kheper.net\/topics\/intelligence\/MacLean.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.kheper.net\/topics\/intelligence\/MacLean.htm\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--li-em\">\u201cThe Triune Brain\u201d<\/em><\/a>. KHEPER.<\/li>\n<li class=\"graf graf--li\">Anguera, C. Santisteban. A. (2016)\u2019 Images of the Future: Perspectives of Students from Barcelona\u2019. in the Journal of Futures Studies, September 2016, 21(1): 1\u201318.<\/li>\n<li class=\"graf graf--li\">P. Bishop, P. A. Hines (2012). Teaching about the future. Houndmills. Palmgrave.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section section--body\">\n<div class=\"section-divider\"><hr class=\"section-divider\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-inner sectionLayout--insetColumn\">\n<h3 class=\"graf graf--h3\">This is a story of the Futurist\u00a0Club<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"graf graf--h4\">by <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--h4-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceofthetime.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/scienceofthetime.net\/\">Science of the\u00a0Time<\/a><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"graf graf--pullquote\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--pullquote-em\">Written by: <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--pullquote-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lindahofman20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lindahofman20\/\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--pullquote-em\">Linda\u00a0Hofman<\/em><\/a><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"graf graf--figure graf--layoutOutsetLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"graf-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/600\/0*tS4toyeqqO497ofy.jpeg\" data-image-id=\"0*tS4toyeqqO497ofy.jpeg\" data-width=\"409\" data-height=\"496\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\"><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lindahofman20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lindahofman20\/\">Linda Hofman<\/a> (MA. Bsc.) is professor in future foods &amp; agriculture, in broader regions of Sustainability and Quality of Life. I help students and organisations to develop, describe and design sustainable futures and develop first steps towards this desired future. For the Future of Food, I consider the whole food systems as my playfield: food from ground to mouth and in all levels from the agricultural sector, food production and technology, but also food and the human body or vice versa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Currently I am \u2013as one of the founders of the used methodology \u2018prototyping for a sustainable future with values\u2019- working on the Sustainable Future of Europe in an International Erasmus project called \u2018Foresight\u2019. Also I\u2019m part of a futures study about digital learning environment \u2018Learning ecologies\u2019 together with several Dutch Universities and organisations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">I like to give keynotes and was invited at Jonnie Boer\u2019s Chef\u2019s revolution, Paaspop Academy and several food transition tables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">I\u2019m obsessed by the topic future consciousness in correlation with defence modus and like the word \u2018meliorist\u2019 and to wear big outdoor boots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,386],"tags":[299,522,523,508,509],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.5 (Yoast SEO v20.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five Reasons to Embrace a Positive Horizon Towards\u00a02050 - 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