200 Years Forward: Radical Change, AI, and the New Human Blueprint with Steve Fisher

This was an incredibly interesting conversation with Steve Fisher design futurist, entrepreneur, and podcaster – co-author of SuperShifts: Transforming How We Live, Learn, and Work in the Age of Intelligence with Dr. Ja-Naé Duane.

In SUPERSHIFTS, Steve and Ja-Nae give an overview of how we are at the end of one 200-year arc and embarking on another. With this new age of intelligence, Duane and Fisher highlight the various catalysts for change currently affecting individuals, businesses, and society as a whole. They also provide a model for transformation that expertly bridges the gap between theory and practice to provide a holistic view of making radical change through three lenses: you as a leader, your organization, and society. This book pays particular attention to how emerging technologies, biological revolutions, and energy abundance create opportunities for humanity’s transformational purpose, and the emergence of new intelligent species over the next two hundred years.

• Why We Struggle to See the Future—And How to Make Better Long-Term Decisions: Ties into Spectrum Foresight Method™ from the book, explaining why human brains are wired for short-term thinking and how we can develop foresight-driven decision-making for careers, businesses, and global challenges.
• The Future of Intelligence: Are We Ready for AI’s Evolution? Explore how AI and human intelligence are merging (IntelliFusion). Discuss real-world advancements and ethical dilemmas.
• AI Isn’t Taking Your Job—But It’s Redefining It: How to Future-Proof Your Career: Based on Techceleration and IntelliFusion,how AI is reshaping industries, automating tasks, and creating new job roles. It can include strategies for staying relevant in an AI-driven workplace.
  • Brain transplants
    • When we will hit AGI or super intelligence?
      • Age of intelligence – what is a design futurist.
• The Next Human Upgrade: BioHacking, Neural Implants, and Conscious AI—Cover BioNexus and the blending of biology and technology, touching on gene editing, neural augmentation, and the ethics of enhancement.
• The End of Work as We Know It: How to Adapt to the Age of Intelligence. Focus on Techceleration and how automation, AI, and new job paradigms are redefining careers.
• The Rise of the AI-Native Generation: How Future Kids Will Learn and Live: Highlight Reality Remix and Generational Drift, showing how education, socialization, and identity will change.
• Beyond Borders: The Rise of the World Mosaic and Post-Nationalism—Explore World Mosaic, discussing the shift towards decentralized global culture and governance.
• The 200-Year Future: What Comes After the Age of Intelligence? Use the book’s long-term vision to speculate on The Age of Transcendence and what humanity may look like in 2240.
• The Rise of the AI Colleague: How Human-AI Teams Will Transform Work: IntelliFusion highlights the shift from AI as a tool to AI as a cognitive partner. This piece could discuss AI-powered collaboration, decision-making, and the balance between automation and human creativity.
• From 9-to-5 to Work-From-Anywhere—How AI and Automation Are Redefining Productivity: Focusing on Reality Remix and Techceleration, this angle examines the shift from traditional office jobs to hyper-flexible, AI-enhanced work environments where employees work in virtual reality, use AI assistants, and automate daily tasks.
• The AI Nudges You Don’t See: How Artificial Intelligence is Already Shaping Your Decisions—Explores IntelliFusion and Reality Remix, focusing on how AI-driven algorithms subtly influence choices in work, shopping, and daily life. It also discusses ethical concerns around decision autonomy and cognitive biases.

Future-Proofing the Mind: How to Stay Adaptable in an AI-Driven World—Based on Techceleration and Generational Drift, this piece examines how rapid technological shifts challenge human adaptability. It introduces cognitive flexibility techniques and strategies to make better long-term decisions in an era of constant change.