Apr 17
Last month we told you about 20 terms every self-respecting futurist should know
Apr 08
Author Michael Lewis is best known for uncovering hidden corners of our present, whether in baseball (Moneyball), the financial collapse (The Big Short), or high frequency trading (this month’s Flash Boys). But in the September 26th, 1996 issue of the New York Times Magazine, Lewis took a swing at predicting the future.
Mar 19
Remember 1996? Bill Clinton was president, they finally nabbed the Unabomber, and Alanis Morissette was blowing up the charts with a fundamental misunderstanding of the word ironic. Simpler times, really.
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Mar 05
In 1930 Arthur Fields and Fred Hall recorded a song about the futuristic world of 1992. And if you can believe it, they didn’t mention a single grunge band. Not even once.
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Feb 13
While humans continue to mold and shape technology, it’s just a matter of time before it starts molding and shaping us, too. This video investigates ten current technologies that could go on to enslave us in the future.
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Feb 05
Back in 1985 Tipper Gore testified in front of a Senate committee warning that children were being exposed to all kinds of naughty stuff in modern music. Sex, heresy and violence were destroying good old-fashioned American values. Won’t somebody think of the children!
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Feb 04
Most hardcore science fiction fans will brush Star Trek off as being just another ‘space opera’, but all of that drama takes place alongside some wonderful technology.
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Jan 15
14 Design Trends for 2014
Posted in: Today's Chili
Just as we did a year ago, I’m kicking off 2014 with a list of design trends I expect to gain ground over the next twelve months. The world of interactive design is an extreme fluid in terms of what’s determined as a staple of good design from year to year.
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Jan 13
Your Favorite Futurist Is Wrong
Posted in: Today's Chili
Nobody knows the future. This may seem like an obvious statement, but it bears repeating. Nobody knows the future.
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Nov 07
The Best “Psychic” Scam of All Time
Posted in: Today's Chili
Why do we believe people can predict the future? Usually because we remember the hits and forget the misses. Or in some cases, the misses are hidden from us. Like in my favorite "psychic" scam ever, which also happens to be the plot of a classic 1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, "Mail Order Prophet."
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