The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival, a celebrated gathering that spotlights the literary genius of novelist Philip K. Dick, has unveiled the full lineup for its eighth annual season. Events include film screenings and premieres, panel discussions, virtual reality demonstrations, and the launch of a new screenplay competition aimed at enhancing the filmmaking… Continue Reading
Top 10 Futurist Websites (2020 Edition)
Eight years ago I put together a list of the Top 10 Futurist Websites, a post that continues to be the most popular on the site. Now that it’s 2020 and the future is officially here, the time has come to update the list and see if anything has changed. Interestingly, all of the sites… Continue Reading
Are Government Viral Labs a Threat to Society?
The world watches Wuhan with a growing fear. In an unprecedented move, the Chinese government has quarantined entire cities and tens of millions of people sit inside their homes fearful of what is occurring outside. The 11 million inhabitants of Wuhan are seen as the genesis point of the highly contagious version of the new… Continue Reading
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[Review] Moving to Mars at the Design Museum
The colonisation of Mars is on the horizon. Although we might not meet the ambitious timelines put forward by a private company such as SpaceX (a million people on Mars by 2050), and the headline-grabbing PR effort that was Mars One went quietly bankrupt last year, there are still a number of more measured government-backed… Continue Reading
World War Privacy (Part IV: China)
We all need to be talking about China. Long-known as the world’s censoring superpower, the degree to which China has embraced modern surveillance technology and invaded the privacy of its citizens (and dissenters) is a glimpse into what a dystopian surveillance society looks like. Part IV of the World War Privacy series, this article looks… Continue Reading
The Future is Now: Utopian Technology of 2020
Remember when 2020 represented what the future could be? The original Bladerunner movie was set at the end of 2019 and depicted holographic advertisements, flying cars, bubble hair-dryers and AI-replicants so advanced that they were indistinguishable from humanity. Soylent Green presumed that by 2022 overpopulation, pollution and climate change would be so devastating that we… Continue Reading