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2022: Creating a Lexicon of Future

Developing the Source Code of an accessible, inclusive future

Ruth Glendinning
2 min readFeb 6, 2022

It’s time for the Lexicon of Future to expand! Please support & share the GoFundMe campaign: Creating & Expanding the Lexicon of Future

How do those who have been living in a future that’s only now becoming real to others guide them away from what they know and into the unknown? As Buckminster Fuller rightly noted, we need to provide tools to build the bridge to what’s next and, like all new programming, it needs a source code.

The Lexicon of Future is this source code, expressed in the form of words, phrases and concepts that support the formation of a language to build an accessible, inclusive future for all.

So, with all the bright shiny technology available to us, it’s our lexicon that is the tool we’ll use to help others find a way across that chasm of the unknown and join the story of what’s next.

The Lexicon of the Emerging Possible

I began thinking about the Lexicon of Future in 2018 and finally began creating it, launching the concept with a short essay on March 26 2021, Crafting Our Words:

This is where it’s important to remember that language is our first and most powerful technology. Without the…

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Ruth Glendinning
Ruth Glendinning

Written by Ruth Glendinning

Community Architect // Published Poet // Future Story Lab // Anti-Fragile Playbook // S.L.O.W. Tech // #womenswork Buy my book! https://a.co/d/5MG47Di

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