Rethink Future 2027: twelve essays, twelve pieces of music, each in three versions.
Every essay in the almanac has a piece of music in three styles: EBM, techno and country. The lyrics draw on the essays and are sung in English on this page, in German on the German one. Music and vocals are AI-generated (ElevenLabs Music). Where a voice speaks in the EBM version, it is synthetic and labelled as such. The switch on each sleeve changes the version; the title beneath leads to the essay and the full lyrics.
01Future
Soundtrack to the essay
Scenarios, Not Forecasts
Soundtrack to the essay
Twelve Small Decisions
02Money
Soundtrack to the essay
Money Is a Feeling
Soundtrack to the essay
Pay Yourself First, Even With Little
03AI
Soundtrack to the essay
The Machine Told a Joke
Soundtrack to the essay
Who Owns Your Voice?
04Change
Soundtrack to the essay
Hands Up Is Not a Strategy
Soundtrack to the essay
The Second Half
05Culture
Soundtrack to the essay
Thinking Is a Public Act
Soundtrack to the essay
Gifts We Cannot Afford
06Design
Soundtrack to the essay
Form Is an Attitude
Soundtrack to the essay











