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more about #futurism more comments → cylon_conspiracy: It was great to hear about io9 in a larger context... good interview. more » ThisDudeRufus: I was hoping it would be on the radio so I could get my irony fix for the day. more » Bill-Lee: Fantasy is popular today because its always been popular. The first kind of story our stone age ancestors ever told as they huddled around the fire wa... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Maybe it has something to do with the whole "We are living in the future" idea. What William Gibson writes is more about next week than next century ... more » dirtybacon: When I think of fantasy, I think of the plot and characters that usually end up in the fantasy novels, and their usually strong sense or morality. Mos... more » BadUncle: The threat of global warming seems to be something out of Tolkein rather than Asimov, although without the convenient anthropomorphic villain to slay ... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Fantasy--in particular steampunk--as a kind of method for recreating cultural mythologies is interesting. I mean, it's been right there since Lord of... more » Mathmos: Not that I don't enjoy fantasy, but I'd tend to argue that the touchstones and metaphors helped get us into this plight - what we need is precise anal... more » TemporalSword: What drives me crazy is that neither are actually stories unto themselves. They are settings, used to tell the same types of stories as anyone else (d... more » Hamslicer: Brought to you by: The Stepford Association. more » HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: I gotta admit, I'd want a housework-bot. Only because I suck at housework. The bot can also take care of chores like winterizing the swamp cooler. more » GreyHammer: ARRRRRR more » BangarangRufio867: If I don't invest in their stock options, will they put me in the Boo Box? more » Post-Nuked: I'm just guessing that in pirate board meetings they never use the word "synergy." Then again, you might have to swab the poop deck. more » TotalFanGirl: I know that "72 pirate outfits" means 72 groups of pirates but I had to read that three times before my brain stopped trying to make it 72 pirate clot... more » -
#futurism
How Is Media Technology Changing Science Fiction?
We know that science fiction is a form of media that changes the future - it's influenced everyone from scientists to economists. But are new media technologies changing SF? The Small World podcast explores some answers. More » -
#genres
Is Fantasy The New Literature Of The Future?
Whenever people remark on the fact that fantasy books are slowly eclipsing science fiction, it's viewed as a fear of the future, because fantasy is all about the past, right? Not necessarily, says one blogger. More » -
#pirates
Somalia's Pirates Have Created Their Own Stock Market - And It's Booming
Excited about the booming pirate economy? Now you can get a tiny cut of Somalian pirate booty by investing in their stock market - that's right, these pirates are now offering stock in their plundering operations. More » -
#chartporn
Recent Poll Reveals Massive Untapped Market for Sexbots
If you could have a personal robot that did just one thing, what would it be? That's what futurist Mike Treder asked the readers of his blog, and the top answers revealed what we secretly (or not so secretly) suspected. More » -
#futurism
Intel Is Developing Brain Implants So You Can Channel Surf With Your Mind
Chipmaker Intel is throwing a ton of cash into developing brain implants to help people send text messages with their minds. They are also predicting these implants will be the main way you turn on the TV in 10 years. More » -
#ladygaga
Get Inside Lady Gaga's Gorgeous Futuristic Bath House Of Horror
Check out Lady Gaga's gorgeously painful sterile bath house from her new video "Bad Romance." See her stripped, cleansed and then marketed to a host of metal jawed men. For scene-by-scene break down check out Jezebel's recap. -
#megaenvironmentalism
The Future of Vancouver Takes Shape
In the misty distance is the gleaming sphere of Science World, and in the foreground is Vancouver's ultra-green Olympic Village, which planners say will hold 16,000 people by 2020. They'll eat food grown on roofs and drink reclaimed rainwater. More » -
#mondayhate
The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
Why is John Tierney so skeptical, and yet so gullible? The New York Times' science columnist is one of the most vocal global-warming doubters in the media, but when it comes to Ray Kurzweil's Singularity and geo-hacking, he's suddenly wide-eyed. More » -
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#chartporn
Keep from Getting Lost with Wired's Map of the Future
The future could be a confusing place, filled with virtual worlds, global infrastructure, new economic systems, and interspecies communication. Fortunately, Wired Italia's latest infographic maps out one possible vision of the future, so you won't get lost amidst the changes. More » -
#drugs
Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast
When every crop has to be licensed from patent owners like Monsanto, only those practiced in the art of pirate agriculture will have reasonably-priced food. This gorgeous series of photographs from Mendocino's pot harvest might be a glimpse of that future. More » -
#books
Are the Novel's Days Numbered?
In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury envisioned a future where society had abandoned literature in favor of watching their screens. According to writer Philip Roth, we're getting closer to that future, and in 25 years, hardly anyone will be reading novels. More » -
#retrofuturism
Will Women Rule Over Men In The Future?
In the next month, women will overtake men in the labor workforce, according to statistics from the US Labor Department. Way back in the 1950s, a science fiction author predicted what would happen when this came to pass. More » -
#futurism
We're Heading For A New Cold War, Argues Futurist
Strap yourself in: We're in for the return of Cold War politics, the rise of new dominant powers, and a full-blown space war, according to a new book. What are the chances his dire predictions will come true?
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#interview
Karl Schroeder Talks About Futurism vs. Science Fiction
Science fiction writer Karl Schroeder, author of The Sunless Countries (reviewed here), is earning his masters degree in "strategic foresight," or futurism, at the Ontario College of Art and Design. He told us about how futurism is influencing his work.
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#futurism
The Man Who Predicted Handheld Computers In 1980
The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction awarded its $2,010 prize for the reader whose prediction (in 1980) of the world of 2010 came closest to reality. The winner? Allen MacNeill, who predicted handheld computers... sort of. More » -
#arseelektronika
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Future of Sex
This week marks the third annual Arse Elektronika conference, an extravaganza devoted to sex, technology, futurism, and orgasmic robots. If you're in the San Francisco area October 1-4, don't miss the naughty, geeky weirdness. More » -
#futuremetro
Welcome to the Future Metropolis
Cities contain highly-concentrated human activity. That's why they represent our glorious, high-tech future - and threaten us with dystopian social collapse. This week on io9, our Future Metro section explores the wonder of cities in fiction, art, and real life. More » -
#interview
Night Shade Books' Jeremy Lassen on the Future of Book-Buying
Night Shade Books is a small press that's quickly getting bigger. Known for edgy novels, they've also published heavy-hitters like Iain M. Banks. And editor-in-chief Jeremy Lassen thinks his press fits perfectly into a future of videogames and online bookstores.
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