Just a quick post today (the 21st update this month!) to highlight that the Community Cube Kickstarter campaign is now entering into its final 24hrs. In my recent post on currently running Kickstarter campaigns for futurists I mentioned that this is one of the campaigns that I am personally backing (along with the Kokoon EEG… Continue Reading
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Stop Watching Us! PRISM, Surveillance and the Hierarchy of Privacy
The dramatic travels of Edward Snowden keep us suitably enthralled, however it’s important that we don’t allow a focus on the whistleblower to overshadow the far more impacting societal issues the saga continues to shine light upon.… Continue Reading
9 Reasons Why You Should Delete Facebook
This is a moment of reckoning for Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s relentless pursuit of social media dominance. There is a widespread call for accountability that could change the conversation around digital privacy, but it will ultimately rely on enough of us moving away from the platform to ensure that lasting changes are made. Following on… Continue Reading
2021 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival
It has been a pleasure to support this festival as it keeps going from strength to strength and so I’m delighted to share you with their press release for the 2021 festival, starting tomorrow! Ninth Annual Event To Showcase Films Representing the Visionary Universe of Philip K. Dick Festival Continues Sci-Fi and Supernatural Screenplay Competition,… Continue Reading… Continue Reading
20 Futurist Predictions for 2030
With the kind of year 2020 has proven to be, it seems the next decade is going to be a particularly fast-paced and tumultuous one. To keep us all thinking about where we want the world to go over the next 10 years, here are 20 futurist predictions for 2030.… Continue Reading
What are the Ethical Boundaries of Virtual Reality?
In February we saw clips of a Korean TV show in which a mother was reunited in virtual reality with her young daughter who had passed away. It made for emotional viewing, perhaps overwhelmingly so. The footage showed how VR can now provide experiences that speak to the deepest parts of the human condition. It… Continue Reading