“Mining asteroids will ultimately benefit humanity on and off the Earth in a multitude of ways.”- Peter Diamandis Peter Diamandis might be right, but asteroid mining is probably not imminent–at least not in the way that lunar mining is. With both the NASA and the Chinese National Space Agency having designs on establishing permanent lunar […]
This post originally appeared on Seeking Delphi.™ “Future shock is a sickness that comes from too much change in too short a time.”–Alvin Toffler The newly released volume, After Shock, features 50 of the world’s most renowned futurists reflecting on the 50-year legacy of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, and looking ahead to the next 50 […]
“For me, the key to longevity – and immortality, in a sense – has to do with transformation.”–Marilyn Manson Is transformation the key to immortality? A better question is: will radical life extension–the end of aging–in itself be transformative? I believe the answer to that second question is a resounding yes. In this special Seeking […]
This post is re-blogged from Seeking Delph™ “As an entrepreneur I like to know the next two or three things I might start a company on. For me it was robotics, bio-hacking, and quantum.”–whurley As one of America’s leading technologists, when whurley speaks, people listen. Lots of them. We first heard from him on Seeking […]
This post is re-blogged from Seeking Delph™ “Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.”– Arthur C. Clarke “I’m leaving my body to science fiction.”–Steven Wright Science fiction pervades our culture. Movies, television, books, even stage productions. It’s rich history, and its significance in shaping our views of the future–or for that matter, […]
“Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.” – Dag Hammarskjold While many futures are generalists, there is a need for foresight professionals centered on specific fields, as well. Perhaps no area is more in need of innovative outlooks for the future than healthcare. With rising […]
This post reblogged from Seeking Delphi™ “I did not come to NASA to make history.”–Sally Ride “Going to Mars would make NASA great again.”–John Grunsfeld A new space race is upon us. But unlike the two-way competion days of the 1960’s and early 1970’s, it is now a multi-player competition to dominate and exploit […]
“They say the Universe is expanding. That should help with the traffic.”–Steven Wright This post is reblogged from my Seeking Delphi™ podcast. Autonomous vehicles? Flying cars? The concepts are exciting, but the truth is: most of us will still be driving manually on the ground for many years to come. And that means dealing with […]
This post is reblogged from the Seeking Delph™ blog. “The hard part is, how do you make a flying car that’s super safe and quiet? Because if it’s a howler, you’re going to make people very unhappy.”–Elon Musk “We wanted flying cars; what we got is 140 characters.”–Peter Thiel Well, guess what? We […]
Reblogged from Seeking Delphi™ . “The Promise of Autonomous Vehicles is Great.”–Dan Lipinski “My opinion is that it’s a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous vehicles.”–Elon Musk There’s no shortage of opinions on the viability of self-driving cars. Be you a bull or a bear, though, there is no denying that there […]
“The future ain’t what it used to be.”–Yogi Berra “We’re doing a lot better than people think.”–Jerome Glenn, on The State of The Future. Ah, you have to love Yogi. He had no idea what he was talking about. But–surprise, surprise–the blind squirrel does occasionally find a nut. Because the future and all of its […]
“I can’t imagine a future without robots.”–Nolan Bushnell ™ In the popular HBO series Westworld, robotic hosts are depicted as being placed into a kind of psychiatric analysis by their creators. Could this actually happen one day? Joanne Pransky thinks it will. She bills herself as the World’s First Robotic Psychiatrist® (yes, she even registered […]
Reblogged from Seeking Delphi.™ Originally posted April 10, 2018 “We are losing privacy at an alarming rate–we have none left.”–John McAfee “Privacy is becoming irrelevant.”–Gray Scott Is privacy dead? The answer may be more indifferent than you suspect. Gray Scott says it’s becoming irrelevant. People and politicians may squawk, but if you look at their […]
My first foray into the SXSW mega festival and conference has been a memorable one. In covering the Intelligent future track for Seeking Delphi™ and Age of Robots magazine I’ve been able to meet and mingle with some of the smartest thinkers on the planet. The post below is re-blogged, containing links to two podcasts recorded […]
“Aging is mostly the failure to repair.”–Gregory Benford One man who agrees wholeheartedly with Gregory Benford is Aubrey de Grey. He’s the author of Ending Aging, and chief science officer of the SENS Foundation, a 501-(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to researching the reversal of human aging. His approach focuses on 7 areas of cellular and molecular […]
Reblogged from Seeking Delphi™ . “The real question is, when will we draft an artificial intelligence bill of rights? What will that consist of? And who will get to decide that?” —Gray Scott Gray Scott’s comment aside, there are more pressing issues than a robot bill of rights. Artificial intelligence development is progressing at an […]
Reblogged from Seeking Delphi™ . “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”–Milton Berle “There are no shortcuts in evolution.”–Louis Brandeis Milton Berle was simply funny; Louis Brandeis is about to be proven wrong. Humanity is on the cusp of a new era, full of promise and peril. We are on the […]