If any Wicked Problem has been front-and-center in recent times, it’s certainly the Systemic Barriers that have marginalized various individuals and groups, denying them full access to the rights, opportunities and resources that must be available to everyone. These barriers are largely based in fear and hatred, but are then expressed as laws and regulations that alienate people from the social integration and human rights that are central to overcoming so many other planetary dilemmas. Can futures thinking act as the “mental technology” that shifts our collective actions from designed inequity to a world of justice?
