Future
Projections on the long-term trajectory of human civilization, exploring speculative breakthroughs, existential shifts, and the evolving relationship between humanity and technology.
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VR Disrupts
VR is cyberspace. When it becomes mainstream it could revolutionize the entire online experience.
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VR Abides
VR is not dead. It is rooted in ancient ideas, psychology, and culture. These form strong social foundations for the technology.
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A Generated Life
Skyrim, Starfield, and the risks of AI-generated content displacing human craftsmanship.
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Quiet War
There may not be a coordinated AI attack on humanity. But there is a gradual shift of power.
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Decoding Disruption
Disruption is the misguided notion, in my view, that for the new to grow, the old must die.
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New Tech/Bad Tech
New technology is, more often than not, bad technology. Good technology is technology that has withstood the test of time.
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Looming Dusk
Part 7/7: The bleak technological future of humanity.
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Broken Dreams
Part 6/7: How the hopes for world peace were lost.
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Great Expectations
Part 2/7: Understanding cyber-utopianism, the foundational ideology of the 1990s Internet.
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Silicon Dawn
Part 1/7: A bird’s-eye view of the Information Revolution, the third great technological revolution in human history.