Archive for the 'Futurist Posts' Category
Fish, or lack thereof
As many of you know, I just returned from a trip to Alaska. We stood in the back of a rocky boat, shivering gazing in awe at the Sawyer Glacier as it calved. We learned that it is receding so fast they say it is “galloping” backwards. The cruise ship itself could not get near [...]
Good Things in Threes
Most days, I still feel pretty invisible. I’m certainly not a famous science fiction writer, and no geek household name like Cory Doctorow or Charlie Stross that gets thrown around the interwebs regularly. But today is a very pleasant writer/futurist day from the point of being engaged in the bigger community conversation.
ABCnews included quotes from [...]
The Oceans
The oil spill isn’t on the front page any more. But it hasn’t slowed down. Even though I have been paying some attention, I was surprised to see that BP has collected over one million gallons of oil so far. Yipes! We know they haven’t collected most of what’s gushing out. The live camera down [...]
I wanted the implants in “The Matrix”
And while I may not be able to get those, I’m likely to get an implant or implants of some kind before I die. And that’s not from being an early adopter. For more about what we are doing today with implants from RFID through silk, take a look at my newest column at Futurismic.
Heading Back to Normal Life
After two weeks in Bend, where I have been mostly doing laundry and cooking and driving about and worrying and other stuff related to caring for my most-beloved little brother, I will be heading home soon to a faster pace and more of the usual activity. There will be some catching up to do.
The weather [...]
Latest Futurismic Column Up: Cancer and Science Fiction
There was a lot of news about cancer in my life in the last few weeks, so I chose that to write about for my Today’s Tomorrows column at Futurismic. I found it a really interesting topic to research – there’s a TON of material, and a lot of it gives conflicting advice. New information [...]
Arundhati Roy: The Woman of True Words
Arundhati Roy came to Seattle last night and spoke to a sold-out crowd at Town Hall. The rest of my family stayed home in an odd resonance: the family teenager was putting the finishing touches on a school project about Gandhi. If they don’t yet, schoolchildren will be studying Arundhati. For those who don’t yet [...]
Longevity
My newest Futurismic column looks at longevity. This is feeding a bit off of a question I asked the twitterverse (and the land of Facebook) about whether or not people would want to live to be 150 (assuming no negative consequences to us or our progeny or the earth). Pretty much everybody said yes.
I’ve to [...]
Amazonfail: What Happens if the Distributor (Amazon or Apple) Controls Prices
The current #Amazonfail is about them pulling all of the Macmillan books off of Amazon (the last one -if you remember – was pulling a rankings off of gay and lesbian themed books). The apparent issue is about price control. For those who find this news new, John Scalzi has a good summary of the [...]
An ordinary futurist reads her Seattle Times
I often get asked what makes me a futurist. Fair question, since I don’t have the formal training many futurists have. Mostly I read, and then I think. I talk to other people. I am not an expert in any one field (except maybe writing science fiction) but being a generalist has it’s uses. Anyway, [...]
