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Poll: Compared to 2012 do you think there are more or fewer futures open to the world right now in 2022? Over say a 100-year horizon out to 2111/2122 respectively.
  • Far fewer
    13.2%
  • Fewer
    25.9%
  • More
    35.4%
  • Far more
    25.5%
243 votesFinal results
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Fewer. All possible futures that were available to us ten years ago are available now, and all of the paths not taken in the last 10 years are closed now. Unless you are ignoring time's arrow, fewer or far fewer are the only possible answers.
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A new path opening up means there was a cognitive leap that was far more than an incremental step. I am not convinced humankind has done more than incremental steps for a while.