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Future war & peace
While this past weekend the country has looked back on wars past, what of the future of war? There are two questions here – will there be wars in the future, and if so, how will they be fought? Armed...
View ArticleA myopic vision of the future
The New York Times has a disappointing short article/graphic titled “A vision of the future from those likely to invent it“. Disappointing because they interview only 7 people, all from/associated with...
View ArticleCounting sheep scenarios
I’ve just come across this research project – Counting sheep - being run by Anne Galloway at Victoria University’s School of Design. It is exploring how cultural studies and design research could...
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Signs from the near future
A tumblr site called Signs from the near future by Fernando Barbella imagines what technologies may be widely used not so long from now. Its cleverly done, and gets you thinking. Although the strapline...
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“What’s next?” from General Electric
General Electric links back 50 years to an article by Isaac Asimov to promote the technologies its betting on for the future. Writing after a visit to the 1964 “World’s Fair” Asimov speculated in the...
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Extreme futuring
It would be a reliably accurate prediction that Zager & Evans’ “In the year 2525″ will not be at the top of most futurist’s best song ever written list Click here to view the embedded video....
View ArticleChristmas 2024
I’m starting to get the hang of Holoblogging now, though usually the holographic images are more disquieting than informative and they leave me feeling queasy. People don’t seem to spend as much time...
View ArticleAmazon buys Santa’s workshop
Following on from the Listener’s highlighting of employment condition concerns at Santa’s workshop Amazon has just announced that it has acquired the global manufacturing and logistics enterprise for...
View ArticleUncertain predictions
“Active open-minded thinking” and “massive ignoramus”. Those are views on what makes a good forecaster according to two “super-forecasters” from Philip Tetlock’s and IARPA’s Good Judgment Project. It...
View ArticleOne hundred years hence
Over the next week New Zealanders (& Australians) are looking back a century to remember and honour a tragic battle in a foreign land. There are a lot of activities and discussions happening about...
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