# Future Proof

## Future Proof

- [Introduction](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/master.md): Climate change and fear of the future: How activists and psychologists can save us from ourselves. Or: A book about engaging with the future as if the future has already arrived.
- [My Future](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/my-future.md): Fear and hope
- [Future Anxiety](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/future-anxiety.md): The human condition - always (somewhat) anxious
- [Control](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/control.md): Taking back control is the key to future proof yourself
- [Neuroscience](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/neuroscience.md): What are the physical processes underlying all this? The brain is a strange place...
- [5 Stages of Engagement](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/5-stages-of-engagement.md): A section about the psychological process of engaging with anything new or challenging.
- [Future Proofing](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/future-proofing.md): A section about how \*you\* can engage more effectively with the future (or anything new or challenging to be honest).
- [You Are Not Alone](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/you-are-not-alone.md): Maybe you feel like a small cog that sees the need for change but is swamped by the scale of needing to change a society that doesn't seem to 'get it'. This is normal but has a solution.
- [Engagement](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/5-stages-of-engagement-1/engagement.md): An overview of the 5 stages of engagement
- [1. Unaware](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/5-stages-of-engagement-1/unaware.md)
- [2. Denial](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/5-stages-of-engagement-1/denial.md)
- [3. Resistance or Bargaining](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/5-stages-of-engagement-1/resistance.md)
- [4. Flakiness](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/5-stages-of-engagement-1/flakiness.md)
- [5. Acceptance](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/5-stages-of-engagement-1/acceptance.md)
- [Future proofing leads to better public discourse](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/future-proofing-leads-to-better-public-discourse.md): Learning how to engage more effectively with the future and with climate change is concomitant with a more effective public discourse.
- [Mindsets for tackling the future](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/mind-sets-for-tackling-the-future.md)
- [Becoming Future Proof](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/avoiding-the-future.md)
- [Learn to be Creative](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/learn-to-be-creative.md)
- [Diversification](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/diversification.md): How can taking a more diverse approach to life make you future proof?
- [Taking Action](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/taking-action.md)
- [The Past is Done](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/the-past-is-done.md)
- [Cognitive Bias](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/cognitive-bias.md)
- [Future Self](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/future-self.md)
- [Simplification](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/actions-for-future-proofing/simplification.md)
- [The Role of the Individual](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/the-role-of-the-individual.md): When faced with the enormous (e.g. the future), and possessed of a feeling that it needs to change, an individual doesn't seem very important. This is far from the truth.
- [Social Tipping Point Research](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/social-tipping-point-research.md): How was the 20% quantified? And what might be the social consequences?
- [Societal Change](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/societal-change.md)
- [Maths](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/maths.md): What can the mathematics of networks, social interactions and agent-based modelling tell us?
- [Making Tipping Points Happen](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/barriers-to-tipping-points.md): How might the 5 stages of engagement and actions for future proofing enable tipping points and avoid barriers to change?
- [List of Biases About the Future](https://johnkazer.gitbook.io/future-proof/annex/list-of-biases-about-the-future.md)