Papers by Jordi Serra del Pino
Inteligencia Y Seguridad Revista De Analisis Y Prospectiva, 2008
El descubrimiento del tiempo (como un vector cronológico) por parte de los humanos es una cuestió... more El descubrimiento del tiempo (como un vector cronológico) por parte de los humanos es una cuestión algo incierta; seguramente la adquisición de conciencia sobre el tiempo vino aparejada con el desarrollo de mecanismos de lenguaje para expresar estadios temporales distintos, es decir: los tiempos verbales. Esta parece una explicación plausible en la medida que se conoce que culturas sin tiempos verbales (tal y como los conocemos: pasado, presente y futuro) han desarrollado una percepción temporal totalmente distinta 1 , incluso algunas de ellas operando estrictamente en tiempo presente. Con todo, hay que ser consciente del salto evolutivo que implicó para nuestra mente la facultad de referirse a momentos temporales diferentes y de ordenarlos cronológicamente. Sobretodo, porque la existencia de una pluralidad de instantes rompió la configuración del presente como eterno; dicho de otra manera, se abrió la posibilidad de esperar variaciones en el devenir de las cosas. Esta nueva percepción del tiempo es lo que posibilitó la anticipación, la previsión y la planificación y dio una nueva dimensión al recuerdo, a la rememoración y a la conmemoración; todos ellos elementos esenciales para las funciones de generación, almacenaje y transmisión de conocimiento.
For quite some time already, there has been a debate on humanity reaching an evolutionary thresho... more For quite some time already, there has been a debate on humanity reaching an evolutionary threshold. This is becoming a hot topic because of the exciting aspects it covers. To start with – humanity reaching a new threshold -has a significant dose of drama: it is important, it is challenging and it holds some danger should we fail to be up to it. Secondly, it makes a great subject for passionate debates because of the opposi-tion it generates from different people. There are sever-al reasons why it is so controversial: its own nature is the first cause of quarrel: while for some people this is mostly a cultural phenomenon, for others it goes beyond than that as it has the potential to affect us as a species. Most of the arguments about this issue end without any enlightenment at all because of the norma-tive aspects mixed in; namely, the discussion often is just an excuse to postulate personal preferences. Yet, if humanity is truly approaching a threshold, then it is paramount to kno...
Inteligencia y Seguridad, 2011
Futures, 2011
At a round table discussion that took place in Bucharest during a mutual learning workshop, on 9t... more At a round table discussion that took place in Bucharest during a mutual learning workshop, on 9th-11th of June 2010, around 15 futurists were asked to look at this picture of a little African girl. It appears on the cover of UNESCO's Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010, which has the specific title: 'Reaching the Marginalized'. The futurists were asked: how would you justify the work you do to the girl in the photograph.
Futures, 2008
The traditional role of intelligence services has entered into a period of crisis. For decades th... more The traditional role of intelligence services has entered into a period of crisis. For decades the main objective of the intelligence system has been (and still is) to detect the moment at which a potential risk becomes a genuine threat and to act when this transition occurs. ...
... Economics and Geopolitics: Emilio Fontela (Spain), Azzam Mahjoub (Tunisia), Rudolf El Kareh (... more ... Economics and Geopolitics: Emilio Fontela (Spain), Azzam Mahjoub (Tunisia), Rudolf El Kareh (Lebanon). ... Centre de Prospective du Ministère français de l'Equipement), Farès Boubakour (Université de Batna), Gabriel Jourdan (GIR Maralpin), Chebbi Morched (Urbaconsult ...
American Behavioral Scientist, 1998
When teaching futures studies, there is a tendency to focus on methodologies because they are mor... more When teaching futures studies, there is a tendency to focus on methodologies because they are more in demand. This article argues that futures studies teaching should also cover the conceptual and theoretical questions (including such philosophical issues as the nature of time and its unfolding). Thus, the three elements of teaching futures studies, in order, are concepts, theories, and methods.
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