FARSIGHT Reads

About FARSIGHT Reads

Narrated articles and conversations with the world's foremost futures thinkers, delivered to you by FARSIGHT, a quarterly publication by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.

Publisher

Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS)

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Apr 2023

Latest episode

16 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

97 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Sept 2026

   In Praise of Folly

   The history of ideas is a history of error. Prominent scientists once believed people lived on the surface of suns — a view we now find absurd. But folly comes in many forms, and its history may be less a catalogue of embarrassments than an unlikely guide to how far we have yet to go. Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member (https://www.cifs.dk/support/futures-membership) at the Institute Author: Thomas Moynihan Narrator: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI) Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (https://www.cifs.dk/)

2. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Have we enslaved the machines?

   The 20th century French philosopher Gilbert Simondon believed that humankind harbours a primitive and xenophobic attitude to the technologies it creates. Today, we are surrounded by conversations about acceleration and automation, with the philosopher’s thought offering a uniquely provocative take on alienation in the future Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member (https://www.cifs.dk/support/futures-membership) at the Institute Author: August Leo Liljenberg Narrator: August Leo Liljenberg Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies (https://www.cifs.dk/)

3. 

   28 Aug 2026

   Enslaved to the mechanical idea?

   On the long history and possible future of Europe's uneasy relationship to American automation. Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member (https://www.cifs.dk/support/futures-membership) at the Institute. Author: Tallulah Richards Narration: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI) Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (cifs.dk)

Who has been a guest on FARSIGHT Reads

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Daria Krivonos
• Patrick Henry Gallen
• Carsten Beck
• Luke Kemp

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

24 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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Quality

53

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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