1 month ago
philgyford : Houston Futures Home - Houston Futures - A new unofficial student / staff / alumni-generated wiki about the Future Studies course I did in Houston.
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2 month ago
Andy Baio : Kevin Kelly and Brian Eno predict unthinkable futures from 1993 - "it costs half a day's pay to drive your car into the downtown area of a big city"
philgyford : Conceptual Trends and Current Topics - Unthinkable Futures - I like this kind of "thinking the unthinkable" as a way to come up with new ideas about what the future could be. So easy to get stuck thinking about the most likely outcomes otherwise.
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28 month ago
philgyford : Has Futurism Failed? - Good long summary of the history of futurism (not the art movement) and the state of the industry now. (via Blackbeltjones)
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35 month ago
jkottke : On the future - Time magazine asks Moby, Malcolm Gladwell, Tim O'Reilly, Clay Shirky, David Brooks, Mark Dery, and Esther Dyson about their views on the future: religion, culture, politics, etc. Gladwell: "If I had to name a single thing that has transformed our life, I
philgyford : TIME.com Print Page: TIME Magazine -- The Road Ahead - A handful of celebs-in-the-weblog-world talk about the future. (via Kottke)
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35 month ago
plasticbag : "Safa Rashtchy, managing director at Piper Jaffray, moderated a panel with five Bay-Area teenagers." - Remember - what starts in San Francisco ends up around the rest of the world pretty quickly. This is the future of your kids, and from where I'm standing it's pretty cool...
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35 month ago
philgyford : Wired News: The Future Needs Futurists - On the need for professionalising futurism. (via Annie)
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plasticbag : Magazine Publishers of America look to the future with a dumb flash site that tries to establish why they'll still be around in a hundred years - Which I think is far from obvious. Also - like other people who've stumbled upon this site - I'm kind of stunned by how retro the future tech looks. I don't think the general public has the slightest idea...
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46 month ago
plasticbag : Population boom set to stabilise at 9bn by 2300 - "Fears that the human race may drive itself to extinction through over-population are challenged by new United Nations figures suggesting an eventual equilibrium as people in poorer countries come to understand the need for smaller families."
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