Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate. Alvin Toffler
Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system. Carly Fiorina
It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. It is when we all play safe that fatality will lead us to our doom. It is in the "dark shade of courage" alone that the spell can be broken. Dag Hammarskjold
Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress. Wynton Marsalis
The focus of Futuresphere
Futuresphere will focus on social, political, economic and commercial, personal and human and environmental impacts of changing and emerging technologies. See here >
Research themes
Futuresphere has defined a set of major, organising themes for its research. See here >
Levels of attention
Futuresphere's attention will be on issues at multiple levels from the individual to the planetary. To see our levels of attention, click here >