Think Like a Science Fiction Writer

A Cyborg Skill: imagine the future carefully, with AI. Change one thing, keep every rule, follow it step by step, then decide which futures you want and act.

8 videos · 26 minutes · First video free

Video 1 of 8 · 3:41

Why the Past Won't Tell You

Keep the past's patterns. Stop trusting its answers.

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1. 1. Why the Past Won't Tell YouKeep the past's patterns. Stop trusting its answers.3:41 · Free
2. 2. Hard, Not Hand-WavyChange one thing. Keep every rule.3:26
3. 3. Choosing What to ChangeChoose the one change worth following.3:01
4. 4. The Very Next ThingWhat is the very next thing?3:09
5. 5. One, a Thousand, Everyone, a LifetimeAsk what appears only at scale.3:22
6. 6. Unfamiliar Is Not ImpossibleImpossible, or just unfamiliar?3:05 · Summary sheet
7. 7. Tell It as a StoryWhich futures do we want?3:16
8. 8. From Story to ActionWatch for the signs. Build the future you want.3:10