news from the future
The city is dead. Long live the city.
I appeared on Radio 4's Moral Maze this week. Here is a version of the argument I made in favour of the city - the only answer to the three crises we face.
A race between the four horsemen
Four horsemen of disaster are vying to define our next three decades. Which one lands its blows first will determine our future.
The population implosion
A new report warns of a population implosion by the middle of this century. What does this mean for humanity and how should we respond?
Will Strictly go on forever? #AskAFuturist
How long will our love affair last with the glitzy record breaking show, Strictly Come Dancing? When will it be replaced in our affections - and by what?
Your next new car might be a new brand, and a new shape
Your next new car might not look like your old one. And it might come from a brand you've never heard of. What will you be driving in the future?
Will nuclear energy replace fossil fuels? #AskAFuturist
In the latest episode in my #AskAFuturist series, Tim Panton asks: "Will nuclear energy replace fossil fuels? If so, will it be fission or fusion?"
- Future Communication 17
- Future Health 8
- Future Media 10
- Future Technology 10
- Future of Business 10
- Future of Cities 8
- Future of Education 6
- Future of Energy 8
- Future of Finance 18
- Future of Food 4
- Future of Housing 3
- Future of Humanity 22
- Future of Retail 9
- Future of Sport 1
- Future of Transport 8
- Future of Work 8
- Future society 11
- Futurism 20
Archive Note
The archive of posts on this site has been somewhat condensed and edited, not always deliberately. This blog started all the way back in 2006 when working full time as a futurist was still a distant dream, and at one point numbered nearly 700 posts. There have been attempts to reduce replication, trim out some weaker posts, and tell more complete stories, but also some losses through multiple site moves - It has been hosted on Blogger, Wordpress, Medium, and now SquareSpace. The result is that dates and metadata on all the posts may not be accurate and many may be missing their original images.
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