Prospective for a new citizenship

Futures thinking does not involve simply bringing rigour to contemplation about the future by employing various methodological tools. It also questions our attitudes about the future and the future power relationships resulting from this. The prospective method is based on the belief that the path is open to a number of possible futures. Its primary purpose is to contribute to a better understanding of the contemporary world, and of the hidden potentialities and dangers. In this way we can identify the actions and choices required to nudge change in the direction of what is desirable. This responsibility cannot be left solely to scientists and politicians: the future is the freedom of all, and prospective is a way of exercising that freedom here and now in order to obtain a future that has been freely debated and chosen.