Existential Hope Worldbuilding
A collection of hopeful 2035 scenarios built by course participants. These worlds explore how AI might shape daily life, institutions, and challenges—each from a different perspective.
World Gallery
A collection of hopeful 2035 scenarios built by course participants.
By 2035, people live with a better sense of time. Not clock time, but threadtime—shared narratives braided across generations….
Post-urban. Post-carbon. Post-precision. A world where technology doesn’t manage nature—it listens to it….
By 2035, AI supports decentralized community planning, where decisions are co-designed by citizens and local AI advisors to promote equity,…
The world has profoundly changed with the explosion of AI and adjacent technologies. Labor is done by robots and nanotechnology…
Technological development focuses on enhancing quality of life, fostering creativity, and ensuring universal accessibility….
Humanity expands beyond Earth, establishing self-sustaining colonies that prioritize environmental ethics and cooperation….
Cities become living entities, seamlessly blending technology and natural systems to create habitats that support human and ecological well-being….
A future where cultures thrive in a globally connected world, celebrating diversity while embracing shared values….
A world where cities become forests and technology works symbiotically with nature, achieving net-positive ecosystems….