December 30th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
We’re Moving
After nearly ten years of blogging here at The Speculist and more than five years of podcasting under the name FastForward Radio, we will be moving bo[...] Read the rest »
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December 30th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
December 20th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
It’s the End of the World as We Know It
UPDATE: We have put the show announcement up for Thursday’s End of the World Special on FastForward Radio. As we all know, the last day on the a[...] Read the rest »
December 18th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Into the Nexus — FastForward Radio
In the near future, cyber culture meets counter culture with the introduction of Nexus, a drug that integrates human minds with machines…and wit[...] Read the rest »
December 11th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Speaking of the Future
You, too, can be a Speculist! Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon provide a quick introduction to putting together your own group dedicated to t[...] Read the rest »
December 5th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Socrates on the Future
Phil and Stephen welcome blogger, futurist, and fellow web broadcaster Nikola Danaylov (AKA “Socrates”) to FastForward Radio. Nikola rep[...] Read the rest »
November 28th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Possibility Explosion — FastForward Radio
In the first of a three-part series, Phil and Stephen discuss The Possibility Explosion, one of three radical transformations that are reshaping our w[...] Read the rest »
November 20th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Why Gratitude Matters — FastForward Radio
If we should look to the future with anticipation, what should our attitude be towards the present (and the past?) Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen [...] Read the rest »
November 7th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Today Is the Day — FastForward Radio
This is it — the big 250th edition of FastForward Radio on BlogTalkRadio. Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon reflect on what got them s[...] Read the rest »
November 4th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Transformation of the World
At the H+ Magazine site I have a piece that expands on some of the ideas we explored in our recent FastForward Radio on the subject of human excep[...] Read the rest »
October 31st, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Solving the Big Problems — FastForward Radio
The cover of MIT Technology Review shows Buzz Aldrin, second man to set foot on the moon, with a caption reading: “You promised me Mars colonies[...] Read the rest »
October 24th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Humanity Rocks — FastForward Radio
Are human beings better or more important than other living things? Should we be just as concerned about the lives of animals as we are our fellow hum[...] Read the rest »
October 22nd, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Training Wheels
I was talking with a friend the other night about how much I enjoy the works of P. G. Wodehouse, especially the Jeeves novels. They are laugh-out-loud[...] Read the rest »
October 18th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Career Track for Sexy Immortal Billionaires
According to Harvard Business Review, the sexiest career these days is data scientist: Goldman is a good example of a new key player in organizations:[...] Read the rest »
October 17th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Space Jump! — FastForward Radio
Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic feat of high-altitude skydiving may be more than just an impressive accomplishment. Is it a signpost on the way t[...] Read the rest »
October 16th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Why Now?
So did you hear about this guy who rode a balloon out into space — more than 100,000 feet up! — and jumped from it, hurtling towards the e[...] Read the rest »
October 15th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Why We Do What We Do
The Human Imperative is the relentless drive to improve the human condition. This is the one commandment obeyed by virtually of all humanity for all o[...] Read the rest »
October 9th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Five Years that Changed the World — FastForward Radio
Phil and Stephen celebrate FastForward Radio’s fifth anniversary on BlogTalk Radio. Special guests P. J. Manney and perhaps one other join to [...] Read the rest »
October 3rd, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Big Robot, College, Sex Debate — FastForward Radio
Having postponed this week’s show in favor of Wednesday’s presidential debate, Phil and Stephen engage in a debate of their own, on the [...] Read the rest »
September 26th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Case for Optimism — FastForward Radio
Writing in Time Magazine, former President Bill Clinton provides five solid reasons to believe that our world is getting better all the time. His rea[...] Read the rest »
September 19th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Voyage to the End of the Universe — FastForward Radio
Phil and Stephen discuss the future of space travel and exploration. What misconceptions about space travel has science fiction given us? What doe[...] Read the rest »
September 12th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
A World Without Suffering? — FastForward Radio
Phil and Stephen discuss The Abolitionist Project, a proposed program to end all human suffering. Can suffering be eliminated? Should it be elimin[...] Read the rest »
September 5th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Your Next 25, 50, 100 Years — FastForward Radio
Phil and Stephen talk about what possibilities lie ahead for us in the decades to come. How much time we have before us is a huge factor in determin[...] Read the rest »
August 28th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
What Is Reality Made Of? — FastForward Radio
Jim Elvidge, author of The Universe: Solved! returns to FastForward Radio to discuss new insights into the nature of consciousness and of matter. Ho[...] Read the rest »
August 15th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Physics of Miracles — FastForward Radio
Phil and Stephen welcome futurist and transhumanist Giulio Prisco to FastForward Radio to discuss his new magazine Turing Church, which is all about[...] Read the rest »
August 8th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Curiosity Triumphs! — FastForward Radio
Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon celebrate the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars. What does this project tell us about our [...] Read the rest »
August 1st, 2012Phil Bowermaster
H+ The Digital Series — FastForward Radio
Phil and Stephen welcome the creators of a new web series from Warner Premiere: H+ the Digital Series. Joining the discussion will be director Ste[...] Read the rest »
July 26th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Second Amendment and Nanobots
Saw this headline on Kurzweil this morning: The world’s first 3D-printed gun is a terrifying thing (The full story is here.) Are printable guns R[...] Read the rest »
July 18th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Summer Hiatus
FastForward Radio is taking a few weeks of this summer, but the show goes on. You know how on the weekends they play those old Coast to Coast AMs with[...] Read the rest »
July 5th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
A New Declaration — FastForward Radio
There are revolutions and then there are revolutions. It’s one thing to throw off an old form of government in favor of a new one, but what abou[...] Read the rest »
July 4th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Declaration of Singularity
IN CONGRESS, SOME UNSPECIFIED DATE IN THE FUTURE The unanimous Declaration of the new posthuman civilization We hold these truths to be self-evident, [...] Read the rest »
