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For a futurist pushing the technological boundaries of higher education, Bryan Alexander looks like he emerged from a distant, possibly fictional past. On this day, he has come from the rural backwoods of Vermont to visit his alma mater. Strolling across the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, dark hair trailing past his shoulders […]
Tech Insider Basic income will be widespread by the 2030s, according to Google futurist and director of engineering Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil is known for making seemingly wild predictions. In 2016, he predicted that by 2029, medical technology will add an extra year to human life expectancies on an annual basis. “We’re going to have more […]
Founder of the X Prize is turning his attention to fighting the onset of old age, one stem cell at a time. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a84f04a65c6ef3efc0f94ea/master/pass/Placenta_Photo-by-Dave-Kotinsky%252FGetty-Images-for-Celularity.jpg
From Netflix to Facebook and HQ Trivia, television is in turmoil. To sound smart about its future, look no further than this guide. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a2eb98477a03325bdaea3fd/master/pass/FutureTVFinal.jpg Feed: All Latest
Science fiction author and astrophysicist David Brin believes humans have a range of options to consider to prevent artificial intelligence from ruling over people the way kings and foreign invaders. Asimov’s Three Law of Robotics and regulation are key, but so is being wary of manipulation. “The first robotic empathy crisis is going to happen very soon,” Brin […]
In his just published work, How Soon Is Now, author, speaker, and thinker Daniel Pinchbeck — known for his 2002 book Breaking Open the Head and 2012’s The Return of Quetzalcoatl — undertakes a review of the current state of humanity, of consciousness, and of planet Earth. Pinchbeck argues that without fundamental change, we’re hurtling towards an […]
