A road map for tomorrow’s cities
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6336
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Back to the Future | James Howard Kunstler | Orion Magazine
Tagged with orion urban planning cities future
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The Birth of Globalization | Charles C. Mann | Orion Magazine
Tracing globalization back to its roots.
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6250
Tagged with orion science technology future globalisation trade economics
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The Digital Future
On Start the Week Andrew Marr looks into the digital future. Nick Harkaway dismisses fears of a digital dystopia in which distracted people, caught between the real world and the screen world, are under constant surveillance. He believes we need to engage with the computers we have created, and shape our own destiny. Simon Ings is the editor of a new digital magazine, Arc, which uses science fiction to explore and explain what the future might hold for society. While Anab Jain’s design company uses scenarios and prototypes to probe emerging technologies and ideas, from headsets to help the blind to see, to everyday objects with their very own internet connection. And Charles Arthur investigates the battle for dominance of the internet with Apple, Google and Microsoft struggling to stay on top, and asks what that means for the rest of us.
Start The Week sets the cultural agenda for the week ahead, with high-profile guests discussing the ideas behind their work in the fields of art, literature, film, science, history, society and politics.
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5by5 | The Web Ahead #3: Jeremy Keith on Everything Web
Jeremy Keith joins Jen to talk about Mobilewood, future-friendlying websites, responsive design techniques, digital preservation, html5 semantics, Firefox 7, and much more.
A weekly podcast about changing technologies and the future of the web, discussing HTML5, mobile, responsive design, iOS, Android, and more. Hosted by Jen Simmons.
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Who owns the Story of the Future?
Will the future be better or worse? - and does the story we are telling ourselves help or hinder us? With economist Diane Coyle, writers Cory Doctorow and William Gibson, and futurologists Mark Stevenson and Jon Turney.
Part of the Out of this World: Science and The Future event series.
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Out of this World: Why science fiction speaks to us all
We have always allowed our imaginations to create other worlds as expressions of our wildest dreams, hopes and fears. The story and present state of our speculations are explored by Erik Davis, China Miéville, Adam Roberts and Tricia Sullivan. Chair, Sam Leith.
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Vernor Vinge on Singularity 1 on 1: We Can Surpass the Wildest Dreams of Optimism
Today my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is Vernor Vinge — the very person who coined the technological singularity as a term.
Currently Vernor Vinge is putting the final touches on the sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. The new book is titled The Children of the Sky and is already available for pre-order on Amazon, though it is not expected to ship until October 2011.
Despite his busy schedule Prof. Vinge still managed to give us over an hour of his time and during our conversation I ask him to discuss issues such as: his childhood and early interest in science fiction; his desire to make sense of the universe; his definition of the technological singularity and the story behind the term; his now classic 1993 NASA paper; his favorite science fiction books and authors; major milestones on the way towards the singularity and our chances to survive such an unprecedented event.
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FastForward Radio — Strange New Worlds - Oct 07,2010
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fastforwardradio/2010/10/07/fastforward-radio--strange-new-worlds
Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss the implications of the discovery of the first potentially habitable planet outside the solar system. What does the existence of Gliese 581g imply about the existence of more such worlds? What does it tell us about the potential for life elsewhere in the galaxy.
If we’re ever to travel to a planet such as 581g, how will we get there? And what will motivate us to go?
Tagged with exoplanets universe space gliese 581g technology future stars astronomy
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Future Tense: The Space Elevator
The idea of the space elevator has been around for over a century. But in recent years teams of scientists and engineers have been actively working on the concept. So could the elevator become a reality? Or is it still a case of science-fiction?
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2010/2977165.htm
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Arthur C. Clarke, Alvin Toffler, and Margaret Mead on Man’s Future
What does the future look like from the past? This exciting program with three people that could not better represent the intelligentsia of futurism circa 1970. This recording is from a radio program called “Sound on Film”, a series on films and the people who make them. This episode is entitled “2001–Science Fiction or Man’s Future?” Recorded May 7th, 1970. Joseph Gelman is the moderator.
At the time of this recording Arthur C. Clarke had recently collaborated on the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey with Stanley Kubrick. Alvin Toffler’s mega-influential book, Future Shock, is about to be published. And Margaret Mead is the world’s foremost cultural anthropologist.
An intriguing conversation that still has relevance today.
2001–Science Fiction or Man’s Future?
Length–54:18
http://www.sfoha.org/arthur-c-clarke-alvin-toffler-and-margaret-mead-on-mans-future/
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