The Conservative Futurist. How to create the Sci Fi World we were promised. Talking to author Jim Pethokoukis.

Update: 2024-05-27

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The Techno Optimist and Techno Pessimist camps - UpWing or DownWing respectively as the author refers to the two views of progress - have been in conflict since the 1970s. The Techno Pessimist view was in full flight recently with the fears of AI posing an existential threat to humanity. But we have been down this road before with Jeremiahs bemoaning the risks of nuclear power or most recently MRNA vaccines. The author argues that we as a society need to jettison these 50 year old shibboleths that are holding back progress and embrace new technologies.

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The Conservative Futurist. How to create the Sci Fi World we were promised. Talking to author Jim Pethokoukis.

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The Conservative Futurist. How to create the Sci Fi World we were promised. Talking to author Jim Pethokoukis.

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The Conservative Futurist. How to create the Sci Fi World we were promised. Talking to author Jim Pethokoukis.