when the future was cool

I’ve been thinking again about retrofutures, nostalgia for what we were told it was going to be like and all that
not sure if this will go in the book, but as a some time cultural historian it fascinates even when it is almost entirely speculative
anyhow, latest and most splendid exhibit is this video of the [...]

peak oil (supply… or demand?)

A good, clear presentation on peak oil at Bristol’s Science Café this week from Ian Page of the International Futures Forum.
He spent too long telling us what a great guy Hubbert was (is there a biography, I wonder? – there should be). But he also brought out clearly that the civilisation- ending interpretation of peak [...]

Questions, questions

Long time, no post. I’ve been head down, finishing a first draft of the Great Work (well, almost finishing…).
Anyhow, next step is to go back to the beginning, revising and knitting the thing together better. I intend to post here more regularly along the way, as a new look at old bits (and some are [...]