With the push for austerity finding renewed focus following the recent UK election, there are going to be a wide variety of important social services and charitable initiatives that have their funding cut. This post isn’t to consider the virtues (or lack thereof) of economic austerity – for the record I subscribe to the views of… Continue Reading
A Citizen’s Guide to Protecting Yourself from Mass Surveillance
Here are some perfectly legal, morally sound, and relatively easy steps that every conscientious citizen should be taking to say no to untargeted government surveillance.… Continue Reading
A Month of Futurist Posts in June!
Today marks the start of a new project here on Future Conscience, I will be posting an update every day this month!… Continue Reading
TIDAL and the Tipping Point of Glamour
The recent launch of TIDAL from Jay-Z and Co. have given us another perfect example of this particular combination of elitism, self-regard and detachment from everyday reality.… Continue Reading
Will the Future be Augmented or Virtual?
The Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality hype trains continue to grow – so which one will come out on top?… Continue Reading
[Review] Ex Machina – The Future is Now
Like the best of futurist thinking, this is a film that demands us to question ourselves and the world we are co-creating.… Continue Reading