futurism A great look back at Soviet futurism Andrea James

books Animated interviews with "futurists" Ayn Rand, Kurt Vonnegut, and Aldous Huxley David Pescovitz

science fiction Mary Shelley's Frankenstein shows us how science fiction predicts the present and shapes the future Cory Doctorow

Technology New podcast about the future from Mark Frauenfelder and David Pescovitz David Pescovitz

happy mutants Bruce Sterling's SXSW 2017 keynote: what should humans do? Cory Doctorow

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futurism Xerox's 1979 vision for the office of the future David Pescovitz

happy mutants Normal: Warren Ellis's story of futurists driven mad by staring into the abyss of tomorrow Cory Doctorow

futurism Voices from the on-demand economy David Pescovitz

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economics Designing the future of work David Pescovitz

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libraries Far future of libraries David Pescovitz

happy mutants Hugo Gernsback's introduction to the first issue of Amazing Stories, 1926 Cory Doctorow

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futurism Why all of us need to be futurists David Pescovitz

happy mutants Warren Ellis's "Normal": serialized technothriller about futurists driven mad by tech-overload and bleakness Cory Doctorow

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happy mutants Vogue's 21st Century Man (1939) Cory Doctorow