This document discusses the future of work and information systems in light of emerging digital technologies like automation, artificial intelligence, and big data. It explores how these technologies could disrupt current beliefs and norms. The document outlines several scenarios for how the future may unfold depending on factors like whose future is influenced and whether we are passive receivers or active creators of the future. It also examines the history of futurism and various organizations that study future trends. Key concerns discussed include the growing power of algorithms, loss of human agency and decision-making, and how data and personalization could be used to filter beliefs and spread propaganda. The document argues we must rethink and retool our information systems and decision processes to build resilience for both near and long