Episode

The Futures Cone: Preposterous to Plausible

Podcast: Modem Futura
Published: Mar 10, 2026
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Summary

Sean and Andrew unpack the Futures Cone — one of futures studies' most essential thinking tools — exploring how it maps possible, probable, plausible, and preposterous futures, and why learning to think beyond the projected future is one of the most useful skills anyone can develop right now. From foundational theory to a spiraling thought experiment about frog DNA, interstellar hibernation, and human goop pods, this episode makes futures thinking feel both intellectually rigorous and surprisingly fun.