It has been almost three years since we last interviewed the founder of the Philip K Dick Film Festival, Daniel Abella, as it now enters its eighth consecutive year. Daniel returns for us today, on the opening day of the festival, to answer a few more questions. I was also fortunate enough this year to… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Religion & Spirituality
A Futurist Roadmap: 21 Advancements Needed to Survive the 21st Century
The 21st Century will present a number of imminent challenges that we will need to overcome in order to thrive (and survive) as a globally connected society. For many of these challenges, advancements in technology and the way our relationships are reconfigured will prove vital to help us overcome them successfully and comprehensively. There are… Continue Reading
The 2018 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival
As one of their long-running media partners, I’m pleased to share details of the 2018 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival and its full lineup of critically acclaimed films, exclusive premieres, panel discussions and virtual reality installations. The electrifying sixth annual event will feature appearances by show business heavyweights Armand Assante, Charles Baker, Vincent Pastore, Tom Sizemore, Melvin Van… Continue Reading
Anything for the Views? Subservience to Algorithms and the Corrosion of Culture
Header image by Kyle McDonald, Creative Commons With billions of views per day and hundreds of hours of video uploaded every minute, independent, searchable and algorithmically personalised video content is the king of modern media. Traditional television channels are becoming irrelevant, newspaper media is losing steam and cutting the cord is the new normal. This… Continue Reading
It’s Philip K. Dick’s World: Interview with Daniel Abella, Founder of the PKD Sci-Fi Film Festival
Header Image: Tears in the Rain still, Directed by Christopher Grant Harvey. Blade Runner 2049 has arrived, allowing us to once again delve into the mind of Philip K. Dick and the echoes that he left behind in popular culture. During these troubled and duplicitous times, the inherent understanding in his work that reality is… Continue Reading
Are we Ignoring the Techno-Mythologies of our Age?
Header image by Karl-Ludwig Poggemann, CC BY 2.0 The world has shifted gears. A deep-seated and growing discontent has changed the political landscape. The lack of a coherent vision of the future from those in power – coupled with pathological attempts to manipulate public opinion – has significantly undermined any sense of trust placed in… Continue Reading