{"product_id":"the-future-of-knowledge","title":"The Future of Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"break-words\n          tvm-parent-container\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe know that intelligence and cognition – the foundations of knowledge – can exist in far more forms than once thought.\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAlongside the branching tree, we might also picture the swarm intelligence\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e of insects or birds, the subterranean information exchange of the ‘wood wide\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e web’, or slime molds that use techniques akin to machine learning to solve\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e mazes.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eKnowledge, too, is no longer bound to singular repositories like books,\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e hard drives, or brains, but are increasingly created and shared in networks of\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e technologies, and often float formlessly in the cloud.\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSo, what does the future of knowledge look like? In this issue, we take up\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e that question.\u003cspan class=\"white-space-pre\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWe examine the limits of prediction, argue for the return of the polymath, and explore the future of learning and human-machine hybrid knowledge ecologies.\u003cspan class=\"white-space-pre\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWe consider the role of storytelling, alongside science, in making the world more futures literate. We trace the history (and future) of ‘stupidity’ (or rather: warnings of cognitive decline), explore what happens when technology increasingly mirrors biology, and make the case for why the mundane aspects of everyday life hold a missing key to understanding tomorrow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55921073226072,"sku":null,"price":79.96,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/6770\/2408\/files\/Farsight15-Webshop1.png?v=1760031911","url":"https:\/\/checkout.cifs.dk\/products\/the-future-of-knowledge","provider":"Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}