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: Science & Environment
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
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