to look at: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262019842/speculative-everything/

https://blog.uxtweak.com/speculative-design-and-the-future/

Speculative design is concerned with future consequences and implications of the relationship between science, technology, and humans.

https://uxplanet.org/the-basics-you-need-to-know-and-understand-about-speculative-design-8a8bf5be4162

Speculative design focuses on futuristic issues

be aware of distopian thinking

Instead of focusing on solving current problems, speculative design imagines possible, probable, and even provocative futures to challenge our assumptions and inspire new ways of thinking.

AI used to be speculative, and now it’s here. It’s developing quickly, and how might we catchup. Ethical implications. UK Consultation

Businesses hire philosophers and sci-fi writers (research?)

https://blog.uxtweak.com/speculative-design-and-the-future/