Comments for The future - a rough guide

Comment on Biophilia or videophilia? by jonturney

jonturney — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:56:13 +0000

more on this, suggesting that visiting wild places changes people’s outlook, here
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=moral-call-of-the-wild

Comment on Where no (transhu)man has gone before… by jonturney

jonturney — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:46:51 +0000

trying to be nice…

But I did think the narrative of Queen City Jazz got well out of hand long before the end of volume 1 (of 3!). P’raps the J-word raised my expectations.

Comment on optimism in depth by Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:23:17 +0000

Seems an excellent fellow — I applaud his choice of recent photosynthesis themed paperbacks.

Comment on Where no (transhu)man has gone before… by Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:17:23 +0000

“naming no names” — for shame! chicken….

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Where no (transhu)man has gone before… | Rachna — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:14:00 +0000

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Comment on when the future was cool by Robin Hanson

Robin Hanson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:22 +0000

It is indeed a remarkable vid!

Comment on Near future fiction by jonturney

jonturney — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:12:28 +0000

BTW, it gets more complicated toward the end, with so many of the many worlds the plot almost trips up over the usual hazard of getting too far into quantum stuff: it turns into magic, and is thus drained of narrative interest.

Comment on Questions, questions by ian page

ian page — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:33:14 +0000

+50 Years

Hope: That we will live in a post extractive, flow oriented society

Fear: That we will leave the transition too late and fall in the gap between the two economic and production styles confusing money with real resources. ( what is the exchange rate between a City financier and a potato- it depends on how fat the financier is and how hungry you are)

Bet: It will be a very difficult transition, with a different group of countries as the new economic leaders and food disaster, low level war ( congo style) and disease widespread

Comment on more on little helpers by jonturney

jonturney — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:57:48 +0000

Maybe so – though I think ad revenue is key (but then I read this piece for free online)

did take out a real paid-for-with-money sub for the new attempt at a UK edition of Wired, though, ‘cos it is about the future, which will be full of shiny new toys apparently – just like the future always used to be!

Comment on more on little helpers by Steve Freeman

Steve Freeman — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:10:00 +0000

We read it too. While the dailies may be in trouble, because they stripped out the content years ago and have been living off the fat ever since, I expect the New Yorker to survive because they provide something worth paying for.