ABOUT

Artificial Intelligence is humanity’s shared baby left on our doorstep. Now we all have a shared responsibility to raise it and guide it.

The Big Idea

The big idea behind What to Pack for the Future idea was born from seeing where artists could bridge the technical knowledge from the computer and data scientists to the rest of the world. Every day we’re going to be combing through the complex news stories and AI model releases and then explore, experiment, and offer our point of view with helpful guides and resources for every day people to feel like they get what’s going on with artificial intelligence.

Practicing safe human-centered design, responsible exploration techniques and humanity focused outcome all comes together on this site.

Direction

What To Pack for the Future is an idea to concentrate the best possible skills, attributes and habits for the future of humanity. A righteously lofty goal, right? We know, it was a bit much for us too even just to write it down. From the beginning, this has always felt too big, but that was the reason why.

Today, everything feels too big and too fast. So, we’re going to make it smaller and slower.

What To Pack For The Future will be here for you as a beacon of light in the darkness of what could be humanity’s direction if we don’t start to rise to the occasion and start bringing our best selves forward.

Research

This team uses research tools including digital and artificial intelligence-assisted tools to thoughtfully gather information from credible, varied sources and check claims against original evidence.

We consider the context and limitations from our findings, distinguish established facts from the interpretation & uncertainty, and make our methods as clear and transparent as possible.

Sense-making

We start by using our freestyle thinking methodologies to question, explore connections, discover unexpected findings, and ultimately reveal recommendations and learnings that will benefit all of humanity.

Everyone on planet earth is looking for help to make sense of new things like technology or law so they can start adapting for a better life faster than we used to.

The method to the magic is how we do our research, imaginative thinking and pure joy of creating works of art and literally anything that will help other humans comprehend our findings as easily as possible.

Create understanding

After the rigorous research and sense making, we turn our findings into works of art that make complex ideas easier to understand.

Through creative forms such as storytelling and visual expression, we invite audiences to engage with what we’ve discovered and see why it matters.

Each work remains grounded in honest evidence while opening new ways to consider what our findings mean for people and the future. These are what we pack with us on our journey into the future.

The Blog

Join Chad Treanor, a digital explorer, through these uncertain times as he asks probing questions, unpacks big ideas, and creates learning tools that take the confusion out of what’s changing in our world. His warmth and relatable insights convert the super heavy, complex and turbulent changes into articles and resources that help everyone of all ages to understand what to pack for their futures.

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