Trends 2015
Here’s a list of trends I see going into 2015, created for this year’s “State of the World” conversation. Privatization […]
Futures
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Community, Culture, Events, Futures
Bruce Sterling at SXSW 2013
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Environment/Climate, Futures, Global, Knowledge
Jamais Cascio at Inkwell
Futurist Jamais Cascio is holding forth about scenarios, foresight, and climate change at Inkwell on the WELL. If you have
Culture, Futures
State of the World 2013: read the conversation
Bruce Sterling and I (with substantial contributions from others) conversed online for two weeks about the state of the world,
Culture, Futures, Technology
Robots
My favorite-so-far Bruce Sterling post in the State of the World conversation: “Following on from John Payne’s comments in ,
Events, Futures
John Shirley: “empathy may be a precious commodity in the future”
In the wake of the Connecticut shootings, John Shirley posted on Facebook this excerpt from a text he wrote as
Design, Futures, Innovation, Sustainability
Christopher Alexander and “A Pattern Language”
Great post about Christopher Alexander’s work and influence via The Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, originally published at the Metropolis
Consciousness, Futures
Spaun is not “consciousness in a box”
The hype about the “neuron brain model” Spaun made me think of my skeptical FringeWare Review piece about storing or
Design, Futures, Sustainability
Innovation is Madness
Genius architect Pliny Fisk of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems is featured in a GE Focus Forward short
Culture, Democracy, Futures, Government, Politics
Bruce Schneier: Liars and Outliers
Check out our conversation on the WELL with security expert Bruce Schneier, who among other things is responsible for the
Futures, Technology
Are computers intelligent?
At Reality Augmented Blog, I recently posted a Storify of my live tweets from Bruce Sterling’s talk at the Turing
Culture, Futures, Politics
Mark Dery dances the apocalypso
I’m leading a two-week asynchronous discussion with erudite author and culture critic Mark Dery, whose provocative essay collection I Must