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Train your curiosity. Imagine futures.

Mirai helps you train your curiosity and your futures thinking. Together with other people, gather signals from the present to imagine alternative futures for Peru and the world.

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You don’t need to know about futures. Start by asking yourself a question.

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A magnifying glass reveals new shapes among everyday fragments

Curiosity starts with a question

If a market stops using cash, what else could change?

Sample question · Conceptual illustration

Curiosity grows with practice. Perspective grows when it’s shared.

From Peru. Looking out to the world.

Observe · Question · Imagine

Futures thinking can be learned.

  1. 01

    Capture what you saw

    A sentence, a photo or your voice. Add the place and the type of change.

  2. 02

    Question what seems obvious

    Mirai reads your signal through three questions and gives you one more back. AI supports your thinking; it doesn’t think for you.

  3. 03

    Gather signals with other people

    Compare observations from different places and discover what they share and where they differ.

  4. 04

    Explore alternative futures

    With the same signals, ask what could happen in different ways.

Mirai screen for capturing a signal: the “Capture a signal” sheet with three options, Photo, Voice and Note
Discover screen in Mirai: map of Peru with regions shaded by the community’s signals, including Loreto, Lima and Cusco

App screens · New signal (photo, voice or note) and Discover, map of signals by region

It’s not about guessing. It’s about opening up possibilities.

Mirai reads each signal through three questions: what is happening, why, and what it could look like in the future. Then it asks you one more question to keep thinking, on your own or with others.

Mirai’s reading · example

When paying no longer needs cash.

Starting point: a “mobile payments only” sign at a market stall.

And it gives you a question back

Who gains autonomy, and who could be left out?

  • What is happening?

    The fact, without interpretation: a market stall stops taking cash and only accepts phone payments.

  • Why is it happening?

    Causes and convergences: paying by phone is quick and avoids handling cash, and other signals point to the same change.

  • What could it look like in the future?

    Possible futures: if it spreads, a phone becomes essential to buy the basics.

Signals of change and emerging trends

Small observations. A shared exploration.

A signal is a concrete observation of something that might be changing. By gathering them, emerging trends come into view and we build a shared archive to explore possibilities.

  1. 01

    A market stall

    A handwritten sign: “Mobile payments only, no cash.”

  2. 02

    A mototaxi stand

    A driver says almost nobody pays him in cash anymore.

  3. 03

    A street corner after school

    Students solve their homework with an AI app on their phones.

Examples to help you recognize a signal, not results or testimonials.

Mirai home screen: two published signals with their type and place, “Mototaxis at the Bayóvar paradero charge your phone with a solar panel” and “The caseras at San Jerónimo barely take cash anymore, everything is Yape”
App screen · Home, published signals (sample data)
Three different perspectives gather signals in a shared space

Different perspectives gathering signals. Conceptual illustration.

Who is Mirai for?

Your signal is the beginning. Together, they widen the view. Every signal adds to a shared archive. Perspectives from different places help us imagine alternative futures for Peru and the world, with no ranking of people.

  • Curious people

    To see your neighborhood with fresh eyes: capture signals whenever you like, read them through three questions and compare them with other people’s.

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  • Teachers and schools

    A hands-on futures thinking exercise: your students observe their surroundings, ask questions and imagine scenarios.

    Use Mirai in class

  • Innovation teams

    Horizon scanning with perspectives from the ground, to notice opportunities and risks before they become obvious.

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  • Institutions and organizations

    Listen to signals from different places and open conversations about the future with citizens.

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A single starting point opens into several possible paths

One starting point, several paths. Conceptual illustration.

It’s not about getting the future right. It’s about exploring what could change and which decisions matter today.

Signals have more than one destination

Same signals. More than one future.

A future in Mirai is not a prediction. It’s a possible story, built from real signals, to ask ourselves what we would do if it happened.

  • 01 · What grows

    A small signal spreads until it becomes a habit. What does the community gain if it becomes widespread, and who is left out?

  • 02 · What transforms

    The change takes a direction nobody planned. What would have to happen for it to take another course?

  • 03 · What reorganizes

    What seems scattered today finds a new shape. Which decisions today would make it possible, or prevent it?

How a future is born

Collective futures are built every week from the signals the community has read and discussed. Each one has a horizon of 2, 10 or 30 years, shows the signals behind it and is open for discussion: I like where it’s going, it worries me, I’m not sure yet.

Explore possible futures

Curiosity, with judgment

Imagine freely. Take part with information.

  • Sources are in plain sight

    Check the original signals and compare interpretations with other perspectives.

  • AI has limits too

    AI suggests connections and stories. The questions, the judgment and the reflection are still yours.

  • Your data deserves context

    See how it is used and how to exercise your rights in Privacy and terms.

Before you start

It’s a concrete observation of something that might be changing: a new sign, an emerging habit, a service that disappears. In foresight they’re also called weak signals: small and early, but able to anticipate bigger changes.

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Guides to get started

Foresight concepts explained simply: what a weak signal is, how it differs from a trend and how to start thinking about futures.

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A personal practice. A collective exploration.

Spark your curiosity. Widen what’s possible.

Create your account to practice, share signals and imagine alternative futures for Peru and the world with other people.

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