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What is Postnormal Times? Postnormal Times describes the dynamics of our era, or the zeitgeist if you like, and speaks to the uniqueness of our historical moment… Futures

THE POSTNORMAL TIMES MADANI EXHIBITION THE POSTNORMAL TIMES MADANI EXHIBITION 26 May - 10 November 2024 The Postnormal Times MADANI Exhibition is a collaborative effort between the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB D… Exhibitions

Essentials Get the basics of PNT theory and concepts here. Jellyfish

Insights A space for thoughts, reflections, and ideas. PNT

Resources A chronological selections of articles and essays on PNT and Futures Studies. Archive

Polylogues Events. Gatherings. Spaces to engage and learn with others. PNT

About Postnormal Times is one of the main projects and focus areas of The Centre for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies. People

Exhibitions A creative expression of PNT that integrates artistic works, visual designs, and interactive games. Exhibitions

Menagerie of Postnormal PotentialitiesPostnormal times cannot be ‘controlled’ or ‘managed’. It can only be navigated. But to navigate PNT, we need the capability to spot novelty and incipient change.

Black JellyfishBlack Jellyfish represent events and phenomenon that have the potential of going postnormal by escalating rapidly – even instantaneously.

Black ElephantBlack Elephants are extremely likely and widely predicted events that are usually ignored either by many or a society as a whole.

Black SwanBlack Swans are ‘outliers’, things totally outside and way beyond our observations. Nasim Nicholas Taleb’s popular notion of the ‘Black Swan’ captures the essence of …

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Meaning Truth Identity Systems Key Concepts Pandemics Marriage Nature Knowledge Technology Gender

I think therefore I am

I progress therefore I am

I shop therefore I am

I share therefore I am

Defined

Monolithic

Relative

Contradictory

I am tradition and culture

I am science and technology

I am what I buy

I am online

Simple, Closed

Complicated, Closed

Complex, Open

Open, Interconnected, Chaotic

Conquest, Supremacy, Progress

Progress, Efficiency, Modernization

Relativism, Plurality, Individuality

Complexity, Chaos, Contradictions

Spanish Flu (1918-1920)

HIV/AIDS

Zika Virus, MERS, SARS

COVID-19

Monogamy

Serial Monogamy

Serial, Multiple Monogamy

Hetero, Homo, Trans, Serial, Plural

Feral, To be Tamed, and Exploited

Under Control, but Limits to Growth

Social Construction of Nature

Mass extinction, Climate Change

Pursuit of Reasoned Inquiry

Scientific Progress and Development

Socially Constructed and Relative

Complex, Uncertainties, Ignorances

Science makes work easier

Ideologically driven for "progress"

Biotechnology & Genome Sequencing

AI, Human-Machine Synthesis

Male, Female

Male, Female, (Closet Gays)

Male, Female, LGBTQ+

Undefined

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