The Big Short is a perfectly timed reminder that, while the worst of this particular crisis may have passed, we have barely begun to help those who suffered the most. Nor have we yet done enough to create a financial system that won’t lead us down such a path again in the future.… Continue Reading
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Podcast Futures: Interview with the Robot Overlordz
Last month I had the pleasure of being a guest speaker on the Robot Overlordz podcast, an experience I enjoyed so much that I thought it would be great to return the favour and ask them a few questions about the current state of futurist thinking and where the community might be headed next. FC:… Continue Reading
Tickets Now Available for Philip K Dick Film Festival + Paperback of When Winter Calls!
Very pleased to announce for those of you close to New York that tickets for the Philip K Dick Film Festival are now available! The festival will be held between the 14th – 17th January 2016 and will be taking place at the Village East Cinema with 80 films from over 20 different countries. Returning… Continue Reading
Guest Speaker on Robot Overlordz Podcast – Episode 224: Conscientious Futures
It was a great pleasure to receive an email recently from Mike Johnston of the Robot Overlordz to be a guest speaker on their excellent podcast (alongside his partner in futurist thinking, Mike Bolton). I’ve listened to quite a few episodes from these two in the past, and given the calibre of speakers they have had… Continue Reading
Novek: An Interview with the Sci-Fi Indie Firman Brothers
I’m always on the lookout for interesting projects that relate to deep-seated issues of the human condition and the future of society and, as anybody who has read my recent novel When Winter Calls will know, I also enjoy interesting dystopian fiction that takes us away from the usual post-apocalyptic visions and into more unique… Continue Reading
Corporatocracy: Trust and Power (or Surprise, Surprise – Another Corporation Lies!)
Those with power and authority must prove their legitimacy and be held to incredibly high standards of social purpose, obligation and positive effect. Many of the current corporate structures have done exactly the opposite in a very clear manner, which is why their authority is being questioned and many are looking for ways to remove them from entrenched positions of power (which is really what the loss of trust ultimately demands, and why many people are so concerned about restoring it).… Continue Reading