news from the future
When the flame goes out
Kids are bemused by old technologies that were critical to us but which have now disappeared, leaving only echoes. What technologies are likely to disappear in the near future? Here's one suggestion, explored in fiction.
A digital life after death
Microsoft has filed a patent to turn someone's digital personality into a chatbot. Is this our first attempt at resurrection?
And so, this is Christmas...
Another year over and a new one... about to begin. What happened? And what does the new year hold? Here are my 2021 predictions
The brain in the jar
The brain in the jar is a staple of science fiction: minds that can be dropped into new bodies or digital environments. But it's wrong.
Long read: 5G and Mixed Reality
Two transformative technologies, one facing delays, one advancing fast. How will 5G and mixed reality change our world?
Replacing the car
If we are to tackle the challenges of the car, we need to replace the sense of freedom it offers, for rich and poor, individuals and families
- Future Car 3
- Future Communication 17
- Future Health 10
- Future Media 10
- Future Technology 16
- Future of Business 10
- Future of Cities 9
- Future of Education 7
- Future of Energy 8
- Future of Finance 19
- Future of Food 6
- Future of Housing 3
- Future of Humanity 22
- Future of Retail 9
- Future of Sport 1
- Future of Transport 8
- Future of Work 10
- Future society 11
- Futurism 20
- clippings 1
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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