Future Fridays

In this episode of the Future Fridays podcast Yannis Mastrogeorgiou speaks about his new book Man and Robot: The Bet of artificial intelligence, why we need to find out who we are when the technology can solve many of the tasks that were reserved for us humans and why theology can provide us with interesting ideas and understanding for our current situation. The book: https://www.kmantas.gr/en-gb/books/health-and-wellness/man-and-robot-the-bet-of-artificial-intelligence This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pharosfutures.substack.com

In the first episode of 2026, Rony Yuria, David Skelton and Nicklas Berild Lundblad talk about what the year might have in store for us, what might change, what is likely to stay the same, and how we think of foresight as the waves of uncertainty rise. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pharosfutures.substack.com

This episode is an interview episode, and we have had the luck to get an interview with Danny Crichton of Lux Capital. Danny analyses technology, finance and the human condition as Partner, Research at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm investing in emerging and growth-stage science and technology ventures. He publishes the Riskgaming podcast and newsletter and develops Riskgame scenarios.He is also a Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and has published research on semiconductors, technology and economic development with City Journal, the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the National Review.Prior to Lux, he was managing editor at TechCrunch as well as previously a foreign correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea. While there, he wrote more than 1,000 news stories and longform analyses chronicling U.S.-Asia technology relations, semiconductors, data infrastructure, fintech, disaster and climate tech, venture finance, product development, and a wide number of other complex subjects with technical and policy intersections. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pharosfutures.substack.com

In this episode, Rony Yuria, David Skelton and Nicklas Berild Lundblad discuss the phenomenon of “green hushing” and what it could mean, why it emerged and how to think about it in the future. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pharosfutures.substack.com

In this episode we continue discussing the future, but this time around we also offer a fascinating interview with Cho Khong, who let’s us in on his experiences from Shell — and there is a lot to learn there! More about our interviewee below: Cho-Oon Khong is a scenarios practitioner and geopolitical analyst, who focuses on using scenarios in thinking through political futuresHe has led, advised and participated in scenario projects with international organisations, governments, universities, research institutes and business companies from across the world. He teaches as a core faculty member on the Oxford Scenarios Programme, has guest lectured on scenarios, politics and geopolitics at a range of universities, and has served in advisory positions on a variety of academic bodies.Cho has over 27 years’ experience advising on political trends and political risk for the Shell Group, where he was Chief Political Analyst and a senior member of the Shell scenarios team. He led Shell’s external environment assessments for country and regional strategy reviews, and advised, designed and led focused in-depth scenario projects on a range of topics of strategic business significance for key decision makers. Cho also took a leading role in developing Shell’s Global Long Term Energy Scenarios from the mid-1990s to 2021. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pharosfutures.substack.com

This is the first episode in Pharos Futures Research Group’s podcast - Future Fridays! We explain why you should listen in to a new podcast, what we hope to do and we have a first discussion about what we call tiny signals - small changes you can see out of the corner of your eye, but that could have great impact! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pharosfutures.substack.com