Jerome C. Glenn: We Are Winning More Than We Are Losing!

Jerome C. Glenn is co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project. He is well known for inventing the Futures Wheel technique and, among many other things, is also the primary author on their annual state of the future report and editor of futures research methodology. Thus, when Jason Ganz suggested that I invite Jerome on Singularity 1 on 1, I jumped at the opportunity. During our conversation we cover a wide variety of topics such as: the personal story of how Jerome got involved in futures studies; the motivation and the goals of the Millennium Project; trans-institutions and the value and advantages thereof; future scenarios, science fiction and future studies; the Muslim Brotherhood and the middle east peace process; futures methodologies; the 2012 state of the future report and major points thereof; the most important lesson from doing such a comprehensive report for 15 years in a row. My three most favorite quotes that I will take away from this interview with Jerome are: “We are winning more than we are losing.” […] “Pessimism should be stopped. It is a cowardly intellectual position.” […] and my favorite one: “Maybe the most important thing is not to be looking for the most important thing.”