A History of the Future in 100 Objects - a look at the technology, society, work, and life of our next century
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26 Feb 2014
Fun thought: BroApp is a more obnoxious and rudimentary version of my Mimic Scripts broapp.net/ ahistoryofthefuture.org/mimi…
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100 Future Objects retweeted
23 Dec 2013
Delighted to see @knguyen's review of A History of the Future in @Grantland33 Overlooked Books of 2013 grantland.com/blog/hollywood…
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100 Future Objects retweeted
9 Dec 2013
I don’t normally ask for favours, but if you liked A History of the Future, now is a great time to rate it on Amazon! amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/…
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100 Future Objects retweeted
9 Dec 2013
So, yeah, that’s pretty awesome: @kottke posted about my book @futureobjects! Plus exciting news coming re: @longnow… kottke.org/13/12/a-history-o…
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100 Future Objects retweeted
2 Dec 2013
Intrigued by Amazon’s delivery drones? Here’s the UCS Deliverbot from 2021: ahistoryofthefuture.org/ucs-…
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100 Future Objects retweeted
20 Nov 2013
A History of the Future in Six Seconds (aka the print copy has arrived!) vine.co/v/hFiLn0nX7eU
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28 Oct 2013
Nice piece about A History of the Future by @SFXmagazine today! sfx.co.uk/2013/10/28/a-histo…
24 Oct 2013
Object 13: Mimic Scripts (2022). Simulates your behaviour, acts as emotional prosthetic for the affectively impaired ahistoryofthefuture.org/mimi…
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6 Oct 2013
The Swiss are voting on a basic income law — here’s how the debate would work in the UK in 2028: ahistoryofthefuture.org/poli… (Object 27)
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5 Oct 2013
Object 58, “This Mass of Memories” (2037), touches on a similar theme on the loss of digital memories
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5 Oct 2013
Lovely Ted Chiang story about what we gain and lose by ‘external’ memory — not just digital, but also writing subterraneanpress.com/magazi…
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3 Oct 2013
Object 83: OAID Deployment. What good/bad things happen when we have millions of ‘security’ drones over our cities? ahistoryofthefuture.org/oaid…
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30 Sep 2013
How long can the Communist party survive in China (FT)? ft.com/cms/s/2/533a6374-1fdc… (see History of the Future Object 42: The USTC Crash, 2033)
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29 Sep 2013
The Guardian covers #futurefest, and talks about our 100 objects exhibit there! theguardian.com/uk-news/2013…
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29 Sep 2013
At #futurefest? @adrianhon is speaking about A History of the Future in 100 Objects at 2:20pm today, alongside other SF writers
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100 Future Objects retweeted
28 Sep 2013
A History of the Future gallery at #futurefest vine.co/v/h6gmDXAEvwU
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27 Sep 2013
Object 28: Thylacinus cynocephalus (2028). Should we revive and restore extinct species like the tasmanian wolf? ahistoryofthefuture.org/thyl…
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24 Sep 2013
47% of US jobs under threat from computerisation: Oxford Uni study gizmag.com/half-of-us-jobs-c… - see Object 80! ahistoryofthefuture.org/50-u…
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100 Future Objects retweeted
23 Sep 2013
Here’s my appearance on Radio 4’s Start the Week on A History of the Future — I’m on around 12m and 33m bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bdbp…
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23 Sep 2013
Hello to all new #starttheweek followers! For a look at the future of jobs, check out Object 80, “50% Unemployment” ahistoryofthefuture.org/50-u…
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