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SOURCE: Fast Company
3/13/2022
Jill Lepore Debunks Elon Musk's Futurism
Is Elon Musk's worldview based in a singularly weird interpretation of the sci-fi books he devoured as a kid? Jill Lepore discusses the rise of the self-styled comic book hero CEO as a matter of confusing dystopia for a how-to guide.
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SOURCE: New York Times
1/6/2022
It’s 2086. This Is What American History Could Look Like
by Jon Grinspan and Peter Manseau
Think it's ridiculous that the likes of "QAnon Shaman" could be venerated and memorialized in 75 years? Think about Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee. The "judgment of history" depends on action today.
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SOURCE: Seattle Times
12/13/2020
A Pacific NW Magazine Story from 1984 Predicted what Life in Seattle Would be Like Now. It was not Completely Wrong
A 1984 speculative article was prescient about environmental and economic developments in greater Seattle.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
11/12/2020
The Next Decade Could Be Even Worse
Writer Graeme Wood profiles Peter Turchin, whose data-driven and predictive approach appeals to quantitative thinkers but is scorned by some historians. Turchin's analytics predict a period of political and social upheaval in industrialized societies.
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SOURCE: BBC
9/23/2020
Are We Living at the "Hinge of History"?
Journalist Richard Fisher examines the argument that the present--this moment--is the most important juncture in human history because human capacity to affect the planet outstrips human wisdom to direct that capacity.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
5/15/2020
The Conspiracy Museum: A Speculative Address
by Robin Sloan
Where might the spread of conspiratorial thinking and evidence-free discourse lead? Read the opening address for the Smithsonian Museum of American Conspiracy from the year 2041.
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3/22/2020
Our Stories Will Carry Us to the Future. Can They Save Us Now?
by David Farrier
To avert a climate disaster, science is essential, but we also need stories. We know ourselves first and foremost in the tales we tell.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/17/19
Why we are obsessed with forecasting and futurism
by Devon Powers
The history of predicting the future.
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