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Category Archives: Future
Imagine That!
Headlines screamed these words millions of times starting in 2020: “Unimaginable!” “Unthinkable!” The COVID pandemic caught us all off-guard, with global consequences: unimaginable levels of contagion with millions of dead worldwide, triggering unthinkable interventions like border lockdowns, and schools and … Continue reading
Follow-up on Facial Recognition
Recently, I posted a set of links about facial recognition technology (FRT) and the controversies engendered as it sees wider use in more places. No sooner had I posted that list of links than I saw several related more articles, … Continue reading
Posted in Future, Technology
Tagged Blink Identity, facial recogition technology, FRT, Mary Haskett, racial profiling
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Granddad Looks To the Future, circa 1960
My grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, witnessed many changes during his time, having been born in 1880. At 80 years of age, he typed out pages of manuscripts filled with his memories, and sometimes — like today’s excerpt — his prognostications for … Continue reading
Jan-Unk 2017
with apologies to the Roman God of Gateways & Transitions… Happy 2017 everyone!
50 Years on a 5-Year Mission
The future came calling 50 years ago today when Star Trek premiered. I was hooked from the start even though I missed a lot of the episodes when they originally aired. See, the weekly show time regularly conflicted with our … Continue reading
SXSWedu 2026— Learning in the Future
Yes, we’re back to the future as forecast during Jane McGonigal‘s recent SXSWedu talk, How to Think (and Learn) Like a Futurist. I’ve written quite a bit about about Jane before, and mentioned how excited I was to hear her speak … Continue reading
for Paris and Beirut and Kenya…for all of us
My heart is heavy again with the senseless violence we have witnessed this past week. For solace, I turn to my joy — music — and specifically, I often listen to this piece of “musical medicine” from David Wilcox at times like … Continue reading
Posted in Future, life & death, pacifism
Tagged Beirut, David Wilcox, Kenya, Newtown, Paris, Show the Way
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Older & Wiser & Happier
Some quick links for your weekend reading, all about aging — an experience we can all share in, some of us more so than other. With luck, you, too, can reap the benefits of growing older. Here’s how that’s going to … Continue reading
Posted in aging, brain, Future, happiness
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Cracking the Crystal Ball: Blade Runner or Jetsons?
It’s Groundhog Day and we have once again seen the future through Punxsutawney Phil’s shadow — 6 more weeks of winter, in case you missed today’s forecast. We’re fascinated by the future, whether for something as simple as weather forecasting or dreaming … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Future, time travel
Tagged Blade Runner, dystopia, futures forecasting, futurism, Jetsons, utopia
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