"Slowth" in the newsroom: Futurist shares her vision for a better tomorrow

2022-02-17 09:58

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Some say that the future is written in the stars, but at the DW Global Media Forum, they seek active ways to focus on “shaping tomorrow, now.”

To that end, DW’s Sertan Sanderson spoke with futurist Angela Oguntala, who believes that our futures mostly need design solutions rather than technological progress in order to become sustainable, fulfilling and meaningful for all. An advocate of “slowth”, Oguntala wants us to slow down and smell the proverbial flowers. But how can we achieve that in an increasingly fast-paced world?