Apr
03
Think you have a handle on what’s going to happen next? Well, think again. Phil and Stephen discuss 10 future developments you might not have considered, but that you might well live to see. Listen to internet radio with The World Transformed on Blog Talk Radio
Apr
03
(Cross-posted from The Speculist.) There’s a great piece currently running on Pajamas Media from physicist Frank J. Tipler on the subject of whether our current society any longer has any interest in pursuing big ideas. Not surprisingly, the author of The Anthropic Cosmological Principle opines that there are still some big ideas out there, and that …
Jan
11
The world of the self-driving automobile is fast approaching. This has tremendous implications for the elderly, for the disabled, and ultimately for all of us who are currently drivers of passengers. And please note: self-driving cars won’t always have passengers. After my car drops me off at the airport, it will drive itself home — …
Jan
08
Wired published a recent story about the take-over of robots – our jobs will, it argues, be mostly taken by robots. Its hard arguing with the premise. Robots are improving exponentially, humans… not so much. After robots finish replacing assembly line workers, they will replace the workers in warehouses. Speedy bots able to lift 150 …
Dec
26
The World Transformed premieres Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 7 PM PST / 10 PM EST. On The World Transformed we’ll continue our exploration of the greatest period of transformation in human history, the exploration we began on FastForward Radio. Our world is changing in ways that are difficult to predict, sometimes even difficult to imagine. The …
Sep
12
We asked each of the participants in the World Transformed 2 to give their views on one of the upcoming transformations. In keeping with World Tranformed tradition, our friend John Smart gets the last word on the subject…for now. 1. If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation (does not have to …
Aug
31
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here Robin Hanson responds: If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation that you would advise people to focus on, which one would that be? The biggest coming transformation in the next …
Aug
29
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. At his site, Kevin Kelly has some thoughts on embracing the impossible: I’ve had to persuade myself to believe in the impossible more often. In the past several decades I’ve encountered a series of ideas …
Aug
23
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here Alvis Brigis shares some ideas. If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation (does not have to be the one we discussed) that you would advise people to focus on, which …
Aug
16
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here Brian Wang considers how and why technological progress needs to accelerate: If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation (does not have to be the one we discussed) that you would advise people …