Tag: Futurisms

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| June 4, 2015

the abolition of sadness

I want to follow up on a recent post, which considered, among other things, the ways that our investment of energy,...

| May 30, 2015

Tav’s Mistake

Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves is a typical Neal Stephenson novel: expansive and nearly constantly geeking out over...

| September 22, 2014

happy stories

I’ll pay $100 for the best 100-word description of a plausible technological future in 100 years that I would like to...

| June 5, 2010

Future Fatigue

William Gibson: Alvin Toffler warned us about Future Shock, but is this Future Fatigue? For the past decade or so, the...

| April 22, 2010

the desire of the Sybil

It’s generally understood that books are read differently in different generations: cultural changes bring themes and...