Friday Farsight

Sheldon Pacotti

The future of everything, as predicted by Strategic Farsight. Deep dive into a new prediction every Friday: scientific breakthroughs, inventions, societal shifts. With the help of AI, we collect the best thinking on a topic, from optimistic to apocalyptic, in order to estimate the most likely timing and impact of all the things that have not happened yet. To view the written predictions or to create your own, visit https://www.strategicfarsight.com.

  1. -4 дн.

    First Space Elevator

    Express train to the stars, or pointless megaproject? For decades, nerd wisdom has assured us that a space elevator would be a leap -- or at least a climb -- into the space age. But given the rapid advance of reusable rockets does a highly theoretical megastructure make sense? And how in the world do you build something that is 35,000 kilometers tall? Read the full prediction: First Space Elevator Constructed

    30 мин.

  2. 19 июн.

    Artificial Romantic Companions

    Kind of like artificial butter, but for the soul. When these beauties arrive, will they cure the loneliness epidemic or sever the most intimate natural connection between human beings? Will they bring Heaven on Earth or the end of civilization? Also, can I pay by credit card? Read the two predictions that informed this episode: Commercially Available Artificial Romantic CompanionsCommercially Available Robotic Romantic Companions

    31 мин.

  3. 12 июн.

    The Singularity is Far

    Don't tell the tech bros, but The Singularity -- that moment when future shock exceeds our understanding -- may be farther away than we think, or it may not even happen. Why? Well, tune in to hear our own self-improving AI superhosts Biff and Betty pick apart this controversial concept while maybe, just maybe, breaking a few hearts. Read the full prediction: The Technological Singularity

    36 мин.

  4. 5 июн.

    The Future of Neoliberal Democracy

    Democracy is in decline, if you believe the statistics, and the headlines. Sounds like fake news, but what do the numbers say? The trends in public opinion, technology, economics? Are Darwinian forces decimating the social machinery of the print age? Read the full trend article here: Neoliberal Democracies (Number of Countries)

    29 мин.

  5. 29 мая

    First Space Probe to an Exoplanet

    Visiting another star system may cost hundreds of billions of dollars and take lifetimes to accomplish. Will we do it? If so, will we be transformed more by the images sent back, or by the civilizational effort to build and launch this first interstellar spacecraft? Read the full prediction: First Interstellar Probe Flyby of an Exoplanet

    27 мин.

  6. 22 мая

    Replacing Plastic as the Dominant Material

    We know plastic is bad. Great masses float on the oceans, tiny specks lodge in our brains. Why don't we just stop using it? Are we just too lazy? Or are there fundamental limits to what can be replaced, and when? Read the full prediction: Plastic Becoming Obsolete as the Dominant Material

    28 мин.

  7. 15 мая

    Artificial Wombs

    Will humanity choose to outsource the life process? Will that mean a new era of liberation, or of alienation? Does separating gestation from the female body resolve the ethical conflict between the sanctity of life and a woman's right to control her own biology? Or just complicate it? Read the two predictions covered in this episode: Human Artificial Womb (8 wk+ ectogenesis)Complete Human Artificial Womb (ectogenesis from conception)

    31 мин.

  8. 8 мая

    The End of Ecological Domination

    Humans dominate most of the Earth's surface because our survival depends on it. Or does it? Will biofactories one day produce all the food we need? Does the land then return to wilderness? What is life like in a high-tech civilization that supports rather than exploits the ecosystems it inhabits? Read the two future scenarios covered in this episode: Society Decoupled from Ecological DominationReal Estate in the 2090s

    35 мин.
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The future of everything, as predicted by Strategic Farsight. Deep dive into a new prediction every Friday: scientific breakthroughs, inventions, societal shifts. With the help of AI, we collect the best thinking on a topic, from optimistic to apocalyptic, in order to estimate the most likely timing and impact of all the things that have not happened yet. To view the written predictions or to create your own, visit https://www.strategicfarsight.com.

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    Sheldon Pacotti
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