# Futures of the SI era

Ten sourced scenarios for the SI era that The SI Observatory watches, with status, the pillar each belongs to, the latest status line and the number of signals and sources behind it.

- Citation ID: TSIO-D04-20261108
- Version: 2026.11.08
- Publisher: The SI Observatory (tsio.si), run by the SI community, built by Codeflex
- Dataset page: https://tsio.si/data/si-futures/
- This version: https://tsio.si/data/si-futures/v2026.11.08/
- License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Credit "The SI Observatory, tsio.si" and link the dataset page.
- Update cadence: Reviewed weekly; a new version with every change.

## Sources

- The SI Observatory futures, https://tsio.si/futures/ (each future lists its own sources).

## Files

- `si-futures.csv`: The ten futures (10 rows). SHA-256 1ccac7c348a6b278c1290f093b409176c1a8ade280eb699d42430878330ee39b
- `si-futures.json`: every table in one JSON file.
- `dictionary.csv`: the data dictionary below.
- `croissant.json`: Croissant metadata (MLCommons).
- `CITATION.cff`: citation metadata.

## Data dictionary

### futures

| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| slug | text | Future id. |
| title | text | Title. |
| question | text | The question it answers. |
| pillar | text | era, mind, machine or risk. |
| pillar_token | text | The pillar token. |
| status | text | watching or happened. |
| status_line | text | The latest status. |
| signals_to_watch | int | Signals listed. |
| sources | int | Sources listed. |
| page | url | The future page. |

## How to cite

APA:

The SI Observatory. (2026). Futures of the SI era (Version 2026.11.08) [Data set]. https://tsio.si/data/si-futures/v2026.11.08/ (Citation ID TSIO-D04-20261108)

BibTeX:

```bibtex
@misc{tsio_d04_20261108,
  author       = {{The SI Observatory}},
  title        = {Futures of the SI era},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.11.08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tsio.si/data/si-futures/v2026.11.08/}},
  note         = {Data set. Citation ID TSIO-D04-20261108. License CC BY 4.0},
  urldate      = {2026-11-08}
}
```

RIS:

```
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```