The Concept

"Understanding tomorrow begins with imagining it today"

ActuFutur is an exercise in speculative journalism. We take today's news and imagine how it will be perceived, told, and analyzed in 50 to 150 years.

The founding idea

Every day, we read news about climate, artificial intelligence, space, and society. But we perceive them through the lens of the present, without perspective, without historical hindsight. ActuFutur proposes a reversal: what if we looked at 2024's news through the eyes of a journalist from 2089?

This shift in perspective reveals what, in our current debates, will seem trivial to future generations — and what, conversely, will be recognized as a decisive turning point in History.

Our method

Our articles always start from real events, verifiable news. We follow information feeds from major international media, then project these events into a coherent and documented future.

This is not gratuitous science fiction: it's reasoned extrapolation based on current technological, climatic, and societal trends. Our scenarios draw from IPCC reports, UN demographic projections, and space agency roadmaps.

The four eras

To structure our vision of the future, we have defined four major historical periods, each with its own characteristics:

Editorial voices

The same event can be told in multiple ways. To reflect this diversity, our articles adopt different editorial voices:

• Factual The neutral reporter who presents facts without judgment
• Nostalgic The melancholic chronicler who misses the world of before
• Provocative The cynical editorialist who questions official narratives
• Enthusiast The techno-optimist who celebrates progress

Fiction or reality?

ActuFutur is a speculative fiction project. Our articles are not predictions but explorations of possible futures. They are designed to provoke thought, not to prophesy.

However, every article is anchored in reality: the source events are real, the extrapolated trends are documented. The boundary between what is certain and what is imagined is intentionally blurred — just like our own future.

Why this project?

In a world saturated with instant information, we have lost the ability to think long-term. ActuFutur is an invitation to look up from the daily news flow and imagine where we are headed.

Because the future is not something that happens to us — it's something we build, every day, through our collective choices. By imagining the consequences of our current decisions, we hope to contribute, modestly, to a public debate more conscious of long-term stakes.