"During the 2020s, key technologies will converge to completely disrupt the five foundational sectors that underpin the global economy, and with them every major industry in the world today. The knock-on effects for society will be as profound as the extraordinary possibilities that emerge.In information, energy, food, transportation, and materials, costs will fall by 10x or … Continue reading The Age of Freedom, RethinkX
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The Computers Are Out of Their Boxes
"What does that mean? Well, computers haven’t changed much in 40 or 50 years. They’re smaller and faster, but they’re still boxes with processors that run instructions from humans. AI changes that on at least three fronts: how computers are made, how they’re programmed, and how they’re used. Ultimately, it will change what they are … Continue reading The Computers Are Out of Their Boxes
How to Make Enemies and Influence People
"This essay outlines the characteristics of what I call the ‘totalitarian mindset’. Under certain circumstances, human beings engage in patterns of thinking and behavior that are extremely closed and intolerant of difference and pluralism. These patterns of thinking and behaving lead us towards totalitarian, anti-pluralistic futures. An awareness of how these patterns arise, how individuals … Continue reading How to Make Enemies and Influence People
Op-Eds From the Future – The New York Times
"Imagining the Op-Eds we might read 10, 20, or even a 100 years from now." —Op-Eds From the Future
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Hard to blockquote this missive by Charlie Lloyd and tell you what it's about: futures, atomic energy, infrastructure, photography, trains? I am only going to say it's amazing. Read it.
Climate Change: Are We Fucked?
"Yes, of course, we’re fucked. (Though it’s important to specify the “we” in this formulation, because the global poor, the disenfranchised, the young, and the yet-to-be-born are certifiably far more fucked than such affluent, white, middle-aged Americans as Vollmann and myself.) But here’s the thing: with climate change as with so much else, all fuckedness … Continue reading Climate Change: Are We Fucked?
The Future is Female
Way of the Future
"Way of the Future (WOTF) is about creating a peaceful and respectful transition of who is in charge of the planet from people to people + "machines". Given that technology will "relatively soon" be able to surpass human abilities, we want to help educate people about this exciting future and prepare a smooth transition. Help … Continue reading Way of the Future
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