Future Proof
  • Introduction
  • My Future
  • Your Future
  • Future Anxiety
  • Control
  • Neuroscience
  • 5 Stages of Engagement
  • Future Proofing
  • You Are Not Alone
  • 5 Stages of Engagement
    • Engagement
    • 1. Unaware
    • 2. Denial
    • 3. Resistance or Bargaining
    • 4. Flakiness
    • 5. Acceptance
  • Actions for Future Proofing
    • Future proofing leads to better public discourse
    • Mindsets for tackling the future
    • Becoming Future Proof
    • Learn to be Creative
    • Diversification
    • Taking Action
    • The Past is Done
    • Cognitive Bias
    • Future Self
    • Simplification
  • Small Cogs and Rapid Change
  • The Role of the Individual
  • Social Tipping Point Research
  • Societal Change
  • Maths
  • Making Tipping Points Happen
  • Annex
    • List of Biases About the Future
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Future Self

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There is that envisaging our 'future self' can improve our ability to make decisions about the future. Perhaps this principle is transferable to other future perspectives?

Folk tend to make better decisions about the future if they've seen their 'older self'. As an example, you could try the list below, or google search for , to actually see your older self morphed by AI (although note possible personal data consequences of sharing your image!).

Rob Hopkins points out that imagining yourself in the future as different makes you more able to become that different person.

  • Rob Hopkins, "" (page 11)

evidence
a variety of others
http://www.cathysbook.com/simple/uploadformPHP.html
https://zzutk.github.io/Face-Aging-CAAE/
https://github.com/polarisZhao/awesome-face
https://changemyface.com/demo.php
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