Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Journalist Richard Fisher shares his thoughts on the importance of taking a long view of the future, why short-termism is the greatest threat to civilisation, and how metaphors are key to our comprehension of time.
Richard Fisher is a Senior Journalist with BBC Studios, where he writes and commissions for BBC Future, the BBC's international-facing science, technology and health features site. He was recently a 2019-20 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has held various roles at the BBC, including leading the BBC.com Features teams as a managing editor, and before that, he was both a feature and news editor at New Scientist.
📄 Show Notes:
00:56 Generational Perspective on Time
02:15 The Threat of Short-Termism
04:03 Concept of Long View
05:44 Influence of Time on Our Lives
08:10 Role of Metaphors in Understanding Time
10:27 Impact of Religion on Our Perception of Time
19:09 Dangers of Short-Term Thinking
24:06 Role of Policy in Long-Term Thinking
36:05 Our Perception of the Future
38:35 New Psychological Habits for Long-Term Thinking
38:58 Hope for the Future
📄 Transcript: futurespodcast.net/episodes/71-richard-fisher
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🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason
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Journalist Richard Fisher shares his thoughts on the importance of taking a long view of the future, why short-termism is the greatest threat to civilisation, and how metaphors are key to our comprehension of time.
Richard Fisher is a Senior Journalist with BBC Studios, where he writes and commissions for BBC Future, the BBC's international-facing science, technology and health features site. He was recently a 2019-20 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has held various roles at the BBC, including leading the BBC.com Features teams as a managing editor, and before that, he was both a feature and news editor at New Scientist.
📄 Show Notes:
00:56 Generational Perspective on Time
02:15 The Threat of Short-Termism
04:03 Concept of Long View
05:44 Influence of Time on Our Lives
08:10 Role of Metaphors in Understanding Time
10:27 Impact of Religion on Our Perception of Time
19:09 Dangers of Short-Term Thinking
24:06 Role of Policy in Long-Term Thinking
36:05 Our Perception of the Future
38:35 New Psychological Habits for Long-Term Thinking
38:58 Hope for the Future
📄 Transcript: futurespodcast.net/episodes/71-richard-fisher
🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net
🎧 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple
🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify
🎧 Stitcher: bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher
🎧 Deezer: bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer
🎧 Soundcloud: bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud
📝 Rate & Review: bit.ly/futurespodcast-review
CREDITS
💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast
🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason
SOCIAL MEDIA
🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/futurespodcast
📷 Instagram: instagram.com/futurespodcast
📰 Facebook: facebook.com/futurespodcast
#FUTURESPodcast #LongView #RichardFisher
