Category Archives: critical future fictions
not smarter than a 3rd grader
\”touch screen light\” I guest taught a 3rd grade after-school engineering & architecture program at PS.9 today. Small people are funny and creative. They were very clever and I was impressed. I introduced the concept of visceral_Switch. I focused too … Continue reading
Posted in critical future fictions, devices, participatory future building
Tagged 3rd_graders, drawing, teaching
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Utopian hell?
\”corporate futoroligists force-feed us a \’happy-ever-after\’ portrayal of life where techology is the solution to every problem. There us no room for doubt or complexity intheir techno-utopian visions. Everyone is a stereotype, and social and cultural roles remain unchanged.\” [dunne … Continue reading
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Here come the superhumans (animals are so last century): NO MORE FEAR
Fear is a basic survival mechanism. For all animals, humans included. It\’s an emotional response to threat or danger, and leads us to escape or avoid, in order to survive. Also, it\’s always related to future events, such as worsening … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, biotech, critical future fictions, re-imagine
Tagged brain, fear, technophilia misusers
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Future Oracle
An indecisive Danish girl told me that she once decided to change her life. So much time and energy she spent mulling over decisions before they happened, and thinking weather she really made the right decisions after they happened, … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, decisions, mediator, oracle, stress
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Southern Futures
An interview with Alex Rivera about his movie Sleep Dealer, trying to get the audience to feel what it\’s like to be a telecommuting Mexican working virtually on an American construction site. He commented that science fiction only ever details … Continue reading
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Tagged film telecommuting work mediators, future
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future fiction comes true
questioning the power of a critial future fiction. for sure this is in no way the first realization of Orwell\’s 1984 as Andrew Sullivan writes This Is What Fascism Looks Like This is extremely disturbing – and you know I … Continue reading