In Season 6 of ThrowForward Thursday, we are revisiting some of our previous predictions and finding out what's happening in the world right now. This one is scary.

In Episode 66 (see https://youtu.be/V-b-U2Zf4V4 ) we talked about the end of antibiotics. Just this past month, in October 2025, the World Health Organization released a research report on antibiotic and AMR resistance, and it's getting worse and worse (see: https://www.who.int/news/item/13-10-2025-who-warns-of-widespread-resistance-to-common-antibiotics-worldwide ).

We need to urgently use fewer antibiotics, giving science a chance to keep up with the mutations of the diseases we are fighting. We need to think not just about "quick fixes" for our own illnesses, but more societally and systemically about healthcare.

Sport can't fight weather


The 2025 edition of the Cape Town Marathon was cancelled due to strong winds making the course unsafe. It's not the first major sporting event to be affected by weather; and it won't be the last.

Back in 2020, I was due to run the London Marathon. It was cancelled due to Covid, and we were encouraged to run a 42.2km distance in the 24 hours of the day of the marathon to earn our finisher's medal. I did that in the Covid-emptied streets of Johannesburg.

We've talked about this before in ThrowForward Thursday:

• Ep 11: Climate change am-dram moment - https://youtu.be/J6QurefheZo
  
• Ep 42: Olympics and climate change - https://youtu.be/pgl9UMFPcd4
  

What we can learn about navigating today’s world from the author, Douglas Adams, and his science fantasy / philosophy series of books.

In a world filled with AI slop, fake news, photoshopped photos and AI generated videos, how do we work out what is true, what is real, and what is not?


In this week's ThrowForward Thursday episode, we look at six ways we can respond to a post-truth world.

Deep fakes have been around for a while - in fact, way back in 2020, I was one of the first people I knew to feature in a deep fake video (it wasn't very good, but it was a sign of things to come).


The era of fake videos has arrived much faster than we thought we would. It's here, right now. We need to learn how to navigate a world in which we cannot trust what we hear, read or see. It's sad, but it's the reality (or is it real at all?).


This week, we revisit some of our predictions about the future of deep fakes and fake news and show you what's happening right now.


Watch these three episodes from our archives:

• Episode 4: Deep Fakes: https://youtu.be/vs8SAdD1KXs
  
• Episode 94: AI generated news: https://youtu.be/W0TGnyB5EgE
  
• Episode 122: Digital copies of ourselves: https://youtu.be/6ITWYpC4Fho
  

Welcome to the new season of ThrowForward Thursday.

Each week, we will be looking back over the 175 episodes we've recorded in the last four years, and seeing which of our future predictions are starting to come true - what we got right, and wrong, and what it tells us about the world we live in today.

Join us every Thursday for a Tour Guide to the Future.

Imagine... the future is imaginable. And our imaginations help to set the tone for how we engage with the future, and the world around us.

So, at the end of 2024, let's imagine the best possible future we can - whatever that might mean for you. For me, it would be a world without war. Thank you for your support and feedback on our scenarios over the past year.

We plan to come back in the new year with a whole new format for these scenarios - we are excited to share that with you. But first... take a break. Have a refreshing and rejuvenating holiday, and we will see you in 2025.

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On December 4, 2024, the CEO of one of America's largest healthcare insurers was shot dead on the streets of Manhattan. Angry people, living in a world that is filled with inequality and feeling squeezed on every side, will eventually snap. This is not something we want, nor is it a call to arms. But it is a possible future scenario that CEOs of large companies might need to be as careful of their personal security as many politicians currently are.

The antidote is to build future-proof businesses that see doing good as good for business. This isn't just a cute tagline - it is a core pillar of the DNA of a future-proof business.

Our team at TomorrowToday helps organisations to understand what a future-proof DNA looks like, and to identify the drivers of disruptive change taking us into that future. Contact us to discover more about our work: http://www.tomorrowtoday.consulting

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Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

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Let's start a conversation to find out where I can make the biggest impact in your journey to being future-fit. Email me graeme@tomorrowtodayglobal.com or connect on LinkedIn.

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