Futuristics

In the spirit of open source, I'm putting this thought out there (open to inspection, modification and redistribution, etc). I've been wondering if there might be some illuminating insights that might be gained by exploring what useful crossovers there may be between two emerging positive forces in the world: the open source movement and field of futures studies.

I was drafting a short article tonight where I was trying to link the two through things like managing increasing complexity/uncertainty, the 'the wisdom of crowds' (a book put out by New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki), possible applications of collaborative technologies and various musing on what would seem to make the future more 'open source' or 'closed'. I feel like I'm at that point where I need to stop for a bit and come back to the idea with a fresh pair of eyes... and maybe some outside input.

Have any of you had similar ideas? Has this post sent your mind off to interseting destinations that you could report back on? This area - which I've for now, dubbed 'Open Source Futures' - is one I think I'll come back to from time to time.