Imagining a Better Tomorrow

Editorial Vision

Speculative Future is a magazine of ideas and possibilities — asking how society might evolve toward a more hopeful, decentralised world.

We don’t claim certainty. The future is far too complex for that. What we offer are thought experiments — essays, reflections, and op-eds designed to provoke new ways of seeing. Not prophecy, but perspective. Not hype, but grounded speculation — rooted in technologies and cultural shifts already here, or just over the horizon.

By “magazine,” we don’t mean glossy celebrity covers or breaking newsrooms. Our inspiration comes from mid-century idea publications — journals that blended essays, commentary, and cultural imagination. We revive that spirit here: slower, more reflective, deliberately timeless. A space not for headlines, but for horizons.

Our choice of retro-futurist artwork is no accident. The 1950s and ’60s, for all their faults, carried a cultural optimism that looked forward rather than back. We draw on that spirit not to replicate it, but to remind ourselves: there was a time when the future was imagined with wonder. Why not again?

We’re transparent about the lenses that shape our work. We don’t claim neutrality — no publication truly can. Ours leans towards sovereignty, regeneration, and contribution over compliance. We resist hype and cynicism alike. We prefer “what if?” to “must do.” We believe dignity is earned through action, technology should amplify freedom, and the commons — digital or physical — must remain shared.

The ideas we share are playful in form, but serious in intent: exploring how we might reframe work, governance, culture, and technology in ways that decentralise power, regenerate communities, and reward contribution over extraction.

We begin here, as a digital magazine. In time, we hope to produce print editions, and companion books that expand these sketches into deeper frameworks. And in parallel, The Idea Seeder will emerge — a forum for open-source ideas offered freely to anyone who feels inspired to build.

Our vision is not final. It’s evolving, like the future itself. But if there’s a thread that ties it together, it is this:

A decentralised world, reimagined — one idea at a time.

Non-Political Disclaimer

Speculative Future does not subscribe to any political party or fixed ideology.

Across these works you may encounter ideas traditionally labelled Liberal, Libertarian, Free-Market Capitalist, Socialist, Communist, Centrist, or Third Way. None of these labels fully define the worldview presented here. Instead, we borrow selectively from many traditions, re-contextualised into a broader, more cohesive societal model.

The closest fit might be Contributionism, though our use of the term departs from both its academic misapplications and its ideological co-options. Elements of eco-libertarianism inform our work, but with safeguards and structures that diverge from orthodox libertarian thought.

Above all, these ideas are not doctrine, but design: frameworks shaped by first principles, systemic integrity, and human flourishing.

They are not radical.

They are resonant.

The hope is that they feel, simply, like common sense.

Authorship

Speculative Future is written and edited by Daniel Francis-H (D. Francis-H), the founding author of this work and Editor-in-Chief under IGP Media.

At present, all essays, frameworks, and ideas published here originate from his perspective. In time, we may welcome contributors whose values and vision align with our editorial lens — thinkers, builders, and storytellers who share the commitment to decentralisation, contribution, and hopeful speculation.

Until then, consider this magazine both a personal project and a public invitation: an open framework for anyone who wants to imagine — and eventually build — brighter tomorrows.