the sceptical futuryst

I wrote this reflection a few months ago, just after the COVID-19 pandemic was recognised as such. Now posting here to make it easier to...

By the end of May, the world will be six months into a deadly influenza pandemic that will take the lives of millions, wreak havoc with eco...

White House Redux Project 1342 by Brandon Shigeta (#2 in popular vote) The presidential residence reimagined as a Disney theme park. White...

An emerging trend? Artwork by Aaron Diaz | via  preenactment.org At Burning Man this year I was intrigued to see in the schedule a theme cam...

On the political importance of impossible dreams. This is a video of political activist, theorist and NYU prof Stephen Duncombe (previou...

A U.S. bumper sticker in 02018 An element of " Found " from Wired 16.10* slideshow In the latest issue of Wired , Found is back...

Image: Screenshot from Superstruct Hot on the heels of a recent post describing the IFTF 's new alternate reality game, I'm very ha...

Image: Adaptive Path Fellow futurist Jamais Cascio recently blogged on working with San Francisco design consultancy Adaptive Path to bui...

Do not be alarmed. Continue swimming naked. Image: NASA † (via astroThink ) Last month, the newly-quadragenerian nonprofit thinktank Insti...

From the gallery at Space Collective ( AquaJelly by Festo ) Space Collective is, according to itself, "Where forward thinking terres...