The plurality and variability of normative, theoretical, and/or empirical resources and assumptions (about the past, the present, and the future) that the different actors might possess, together with the different ways of relating or framing them and drawing conclusions, configure different registers of what each (group of) actor(s) might consider a (un)desirable/(im)plausible FS. One process that implicitly or explicitly exerts a stronginfluence on the socio-epistemic steps of anticipatory practice is that of scrutinising and collectively negotiating the plausibility and desirability of the FSs under consideration. 7596), they are recognised as objects of responsibilisation [58, 104, 106] and governance [47, 94, 107] [step 1]. Indeed, there might be different overlaps and combinations of the identified modes of anticipation. Epistemic difficulties for ethical assessment and anticipatory governance of emerging technologies. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 7(2), 139168. Science as Culture 15(4):349365. Resources and Technology. The starting point for understanding the rationale of this mode of interventive anticipations is the recognition that diverse FSs de facto co-exist in our societies [101] (p. 1) and configure anticipatory discourses, ways of feeling and knowing, and power relations. Futures, 42(5), 435444. Subject: Analogy - Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO This criticism applies to ethical discourse that constructs and validates an incredible future which it only then proceeds to endorse or critique [17] (p. 31). For instance David H. Guston, a renowned architect of AG, has dedicated some words to addressing Nordmanns criticisms on speculative ethics, see [14] (pp. For instance, the Center for Nanotechnology and Society (Arizona State University, USA), whose strategic guiding vision was to foster the AG of nanotechnologies, was funded by the National Science Foundation to facilitate nanotechnology funding policies in the US [53] (p. 1094). Good facilitators can both prime the imagination and maintain the guardrails of reality. You have rejected additional cookies. Welcome to postnormal times. The Coast Guard adapted to this future nimblyand did so in part because in the late 1990s it had conducted a scenario-planning exercise called Project Long View, which was designed to help the organization contend with a startlingly complex future operating environment characterized by new or unfamiliar security threats. Its aim, in effect, was to future-proof the Coast Guard. TA aimed to provide policymakers with objective and value-free information of the future likely impacts of technological developments, thus only indirectly intervening in decision-making processes. In fact, AG and RI scholars explicitly exclude this mode of interventive anticipations as tools for responsibilisation: Forecasting can be set apart () in its orientation toward accurate predictions and allegiance to technological determinism [7] (p. 985). Pluralism with respect to theories of knowledge sheds light on the assumptions, values, and boundaries among diverse epistemological traditions. Exploration, in the realm of Cognitive Warfare, introduces innovation in decision superiority, mental resilience, and freedom of thought. When the explorations are accomplished through collective and deliberative processesi.e., including different societal actors (presumably with different framings, knowledge, values, feelings)the different set of values and assumptions involved may lead to the projection of different FSs, some of which may be compatible, while others might be incompatible or even incommensurable. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-010-0081-7, Arthur WB (1989) Competing technologies, increasing returns, and lock-in by historical events. MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2014.882556, Selin C (2014) On not forgetting futures. It conveys that future-making practices performed in the present should not be discounted or left to chance, but rather collectively problematised and its possible alternatives kept open in order to facilitate the modulation of technology (i.e., this is required for addressing the Collingridge dilemma [55]). The Future Talk and the Quest for Plausibility in the Governance of Emerging Technologies. In this light, it is crucial to move forward and elucidate the minimal features of anticipatory practices, the kind of socio-epistemic dynamics and heuristics that are possible to enact through these exercises, and which of these are desirable and worth pursuing (and how) for AG and RI. This diversification, especially when divergent but plausible scenarios come into play, helps to highlight that there is no such thing as a fixed future. With this in mind, one senior Coast Guard leader prepared for threats that might emerge in the Pacific by developing bilateral relationships with island nations there; sharing information, coordinating patrols, and holding joint exercises with counterparts in China, Russia, Canada, South Korea, and Japan; and finding ways to work more closely with other U.S. agencies, from the FBI to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sci Technol Human Values 32(2):196220. Nordmanns Criticisms of the Future Talk for the Governance of NESTs). For the interdisciplinary study of futures, anticipation and foresight Futures aims to build substantive research and knowledge about the relationships between humanity and its possible futures. On the one hand, the restriction of the assessment activity to experts was soon challenged when new forms of TA (e.g., participatory TA) stressed the need to involve stakeholders or citizens and consider their different perspectives and values. - 161.97.110.237. So over the next hours, an impromptu flotillaof ferries, tugs, private craft, and fire and police boatstook clusters of people away from the wreckage of the World Trade Center and across the water to safety. These anticipatory practices have a clear normative force that lies in their capacity to fix the future paths and objectives towards which present R&D actions should (not) be oriented. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.08.00, Rip A (2018) Futures of science and technology in society. But as they grappled with the military demands of the postwar world, they could not escape the fact that nuclear weapons had fundamentally changed the nature of warfare. In particular, he considers that anticipatory practices, when performed under certain conditions, may (i) reify certain future perspectives (e.g., reproducing deterministic visions) (The If and Then Syndrome: Speculative Ethics and Reifying Futures), (ii) diminish our ability to see what is happening (Anticipations May Diminish Our Ability to See what is Happening), and/or (iii) reproduce the illusion of having control over the future (Anticipations May (Re)produce an Illusion of Control Over the Future). The Coast Guard had institutionalized imagination. The great future debate and the struggle for the world. Anticipation is, somewhat counterintuitively, a futureless activity in the technical sense: the relevance of its discourse, tools (such as foresight/anticipation), and fruits (anticipatory heuristics) lies in the present [125]. https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2018.1452177, Fricker M (2007) Epistemic injustice: Power and the ethics of knowing. One might ask how relevant the Coast Guards experience is for businesses, but in fact it constitutes what social scientists call a crucial-case test. As a military service, the Coast Guard has less organizational flexibility than most private firms, with a mission mandated by statute and a budget determined by Congress. (p. 32). More concretely, she claims that they offer material to train what the Greeks called phronesis: practical wisdom. In the early 1970s Wack famously applied Kahns ideas in the business world, by devising scenarios to help Shell prepare for what might take place as the oil-rich nations of the Middle East began to assert themselves on the world stage. While the first critique was specifically directed towards the anticipatory modus operandi of speculative ethicsit was never directed towards AG and/or RI as such,the target of the latter two criticisms was anticipation as a tool for AG and RI. Wiley, Chichester, pp 2750. The complete Spotlight package is available in a single reprint. Some of the key questions areFootnote 6: What meanings are attributed to FSs? University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Carlos Santamara D08, Plaza Elhuyar 2. 9 (2/3/4):93109. The aim is to learn through anticipation [steps 1 and 2]. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306312713508669, Owen R, Macnaghten P, Stilgoe J (2012) Responsible research and innovation: From science in society to science for society, with society. In: Hansson SO (ed) The ethics of technology: Methods and approaches. Nordmanns critical points can be rethought not as a means to refute the value of anticipation (understood in a broad sense), but as an invitation to perform better anticipatory practices: ones in which our FSs are contextualised and subjected to continuous scrutiny and in which any denotative pretentiousness is continuously deflated. Teams of civilians and officers were assigned to different future worlds and charged with devising strategies that would enable the Coast Guard to operate effectively in them. Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License; The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future. A clear example is constructive TA (CTA). While making foresight/anticipation an instrument for responsibilising R&D, it must simultaneously become an object of responsibilisation[136]. Using scenario planning to devise strategies isnt resource-intensive, but implementing them requires commitment. Planning With Foresight It is about exploring different plausible futures that could arise, and the opportunities and challenges they could present. Yet, anticipation has been subjected to a range of criticisms, such that many now see it as unnecessary for AG and RI. Agility denotes a cultural and institutional shift which supports innovation, experimentation and iterative policymaking to deal with change in a timely . Strategic Foresight - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and - OECD https://doi.org/10.1080/09537320600777002, van Lente H, Rip A (1998) The rise of membrane technology: From rhetorics to social reality. (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest. But September 11 ended up being more than a short-term challenge. On the one hand, there are concerns about the epistemic feasibility of forecasting. Grebenyuk, A., Pikalova, A., Sokolov, A., Shashnov, S., & Kaivo-oja, J. Whats more, for a long time its need to react daily to numerous emerging situationsfrom ships in distress to drug interdictionsforced it to focus almost exclusively on the short term, leaving it with little bandwidth to formulate strategy for the long term. What Is ForesIght? Evolving cultural identities in a planetary era. Oxford University Press, Oxford, Callon M (2007) What does it mean to say that economics is performative? 9(2):320, Konrad KE, van Lente H, Groves C, Selin C (2016) Performing and governing the future in science and technology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Book But the best scenario planning embraces a decidedly nonlinear conception of time. Res Policy 47(1):6169. Who is represented in these FSs? Find out about the major methods used to build scenarios. Soc Stud Sci 26(2):393418. Any predictive anticipation has to be combined with a strategic anticipatory practice and normative statements to meaningfully transfer the information extracted from the FS model into practice. As stated before, the problem of reification arises when (1) there is a process of construction/validation of an abstract FS (step 2a) as a likely technical development (step 2b) that it is then (2) endorsed or critiqued (step 3) [17] (p. 31). Although this may seem like an obvious need, its not a capability that the service had in the 1990s. But Long View allowed participants to think about them in new ways that proved crucial in the postSeptember 11 world. The prospect of organizing a scenario exercise can intimidate the uninitiated. What we mean when we say Foresight" Foresight is a systematic, participatory, future-intelligence-gathering and medium-to-long-term vision-building process aimed at enabling present-day decisionsand mobilizing joint actions. The Shell exercises marked the birth of scenario planning as a strategic tool for business managers. Deconstructing and reconstructing the future: Predictive, cultural, and critical epistemologies. However, regardless of who runs the process, managers should follow these key guidelines: One of the chief purposes of a scenario exercise is to challenge mental models of how the world works. The evolution of strategic foresight: Navigating public policy making. HBR Learnings online leadership training helps you hone your skills with courses like Decision Making. In other words, the previous problems arise when the responsibilisation of anticipation is focused on assuring a minimum epistemic and normative quality of the FSs that are used to guide our actions in the present. CTA emerged in the mid-1980s (e.g., the Netherlands Organisation of Technology Assessment) as a new design practice [38] (p. 255) built on a co-evolutionary conception of science-society relationships. But one-off exercises are not enough: Leaders must institutionalize that process, building a dynamic link between thinking about the future and taking action in the present. It can adopt multiple forms and display multiple heuristics. Youll also need people who represent what Kees van der Heijden, one of Wacks successors at Shell, has described as the three powers necessary for any effective conversation about strategy: the power to perceive, the power to think, and the power to act. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2017.05.007, Vervoort JM, Bendor R, Kelliher A, Strik O, Helfgott AER (2015) Scenarios and the art of worldmaking. Dont worry we wont send you spam or share your email address with anyone. Thus, anticipation continues to be a necessary heuristic dimension for AG and RI. The criticism of reification is basically a criticism of the malpractices that may result from functioning under determinist mind-sets. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2009.11.001, van der Duin P (2018) Toward responsible foresight: Developing futures that enable matching future technologies with societal demands. Technical change is driven partly by the historical experience of actors, their views of the future, and their perception of the promise or threat of impacts which will change over time [38] (p. 257). The objective is to build reflexive capacities that help to resist the uncritical reification and foreclosure of the future-making practices performed in the present. 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The first critique is directed at anticipatory speculative ethics, while the second and third criticisms extend to anticipation as a tool of AG and RI. Because Nordmanns criticisms pose relevant questions for the very foundations and limits of anticipatory practices, a critical dialogue with his arguments can only help to assess the underlying legitimising rationale of anticipations. The essentials of futures studies are introduced for graduate level researchers who want to begin and to pursue a career in futures studies and anticipation. Of course, in something of a catch-22, conventional wisdom holds that to a large extent good judgment is based on experience. But when predictive tools reach their limits, we need to turn to strategic foresight, which takes the irreducible uncertainty of the future as a starting point. It is shown that in consecutive waves, human time consciousness has evolved from prediction to forecast to foresight and eventually to anticipation and shaping the future. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764298042003008, Slaughter RA (2003) Futures beyond dystopia: Creating social foresight. Professional standards in futures work. The most recognizable tool of strategic foresight is scenario planning. In contrast to predictive and strategic anticipations, the success of exploratory practices is independent of the realisation of any FSs. Ministry of Research, Science, and Technology, Wellington. https://doi.org/10.1177/1946756713505360. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Predicting things and intuition augur augury bellwether betcha bode instinct intuit intuition On the other hand, a cognitive state of living in the future can dispose us to farsightedness (i.e., to miss the R&D issues that are happening here and now). Context President von der Leyen has decided to reinforce the use of evidence and to mainstream foresight into EU policymaking. Inayatullah, S. (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-010-0088-5, York R, Clark B (2007) The problem with prediction: Contingency, emergence, and the reification of projections. This is so because these exercises, in addition to the shared methodological call for a reality check [5, 22, 82, 83, 91, 117, 119] (thus minimising overly speculative FSs), collectively diversify the FSs considered and amplify the possibilities taken into account by recognising the uncertainty inherent to socio-technical and/or techno-moral co-evolution processes (against step 2b, Table 3). Roney, C. W. (2010). The evolution of foresight: What is mental time travel, and is it Poiesis Prax 7(1):515. The previous four dimensions/elements co-configure a guiding principle for action.
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