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https://johanneskleske.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ab55fb41-bcaf-4921-ac7a-0baa761a3daf_1456x816.jpg1456816I was on the Tech & Trara podcast recently to talk about critical futures. If you don’t understand German, I’ve summed up some of the points in this article. Images of the future shape our ideas of possible futures and profoundly influence our societal behavior. This insight, first articulated by sociologist Fred Polak in the […]