May 16th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Big Fork — FastForward Radio
Increasingly two models for the near future compete for our attention. We’ll call one model Abundance and the otherLimits to Growth. The forme[...] Read the rest »
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May 16th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
May 13th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Enterprise in 30 Years?
Very ambitious! An engineer says we could have a working starship Enterprise within the next 30 years. One teeny-tiny drawback: this would not actual[...] Read the rest »
May 9th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Quest for Immortality — FastForward Radio
Phil and Stephen discuss the quest for immortality, which has been with humanity for a long time — perhaps since the very beginning, and which[...] Read the rest »
May 2nd, 2012Stephen Gordon
The Singularity University… Worldwide — FastForward Radio
Question:“What do you make of the Singularity University?” Buzz Aldrin: “I’m a pretty high achiever. But I come here and think ‘Gosh. I’ve[...] Read the rest »
April 25th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
A New Gold Rush…In Space! — FastForward Radio
Planetary Resources has announced their plans to begin mining near-earth asteroids for the valuable resources that can be found there. Launches may b[...] Read the rest »
April 18th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Drivers of Change — FastForward Radio
Our good friend futurist John Smart joins us for an overview and quick tour of 10 distinct areas of accelerating technological change, along with a di[...] Read the rest »
April 10th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Jumping Ahead — FastForward Radio
We picture our journey into the future as a smooth transition, but our real progress is a combination of leaps and bounds on the one hand and fits and[...] Read the rest »
April 6th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Questions We Need to Ask
1. What are we ready to believe is possible? 2. What are ready to do in order to realize the possible? 3. Who or what are we willing to become? 4. Whe[...] Read the rest »
April 4th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Whose Awesome Future? — FastForward Radio
How do we get from here to the technological singularity? And once we’re there, who benefits? Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss [...] Read the rest »
April 4th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
It’s Time We Stopped Dancing Around this Thing
The headline over at InfoWars says it all: 78 percent increase in autism rates over past decade coincides with new vaccination schedules Alex Jones el[...] Read the rest »
April 2nd, 2012Stephen Gordon
Why Things Are Getting Better All The Time
In his speech – “Amazing Exponentials” – Phil told a version of the following story: Back in ancient India, a certain Prince w[...] Read the rest »
March 31st, 2012Stephen Gordon
The Medical Lab ON Your Body
The vision of medical nanobots swimming through our bodies detecting and treating disease has been a sci-fi dream for years. Popular Science just publ[...] Read the rest »
March 31st, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Teleportation in the News
Yesterday was an interesting anniversary. Wired News reports: March 29, 1993: Teleportation Beams From Sci-Fi to Real Science 1993: Scientists show te[...] Read the rest »
March 28th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Shores of Possibility
We stand on the shoreline. A vast sea of possibility spreads out endlessly before us. The waters are beautiful beyond description and powerful beyon[...] Read the rest »
March 27th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Disbelieving Our Own Narratives
I got to participate in a live online event yesterday talking with Abundance authors Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler. What a treat. I put myself i[...] Read the rest »
March 21st, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Abundance, Dematerialization, and Newt — FastForward Radio
Phil and Stephen welcome presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to FFR to discuss how energy and space policy factor int[...] Read the rest »
March 20th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
The Upgrade Conundrum
Earlier this week on Better All the Time I took a look at the tremendous progress that is being made in producing artificial limbs, concluding with th[...] Read the rest »
March 16th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Meet the Kindle…
…or Nook, as pictured in 1935. More details here. Well, they certainly went to a lot of trouble. It’s too bad they attempted only to captu[...] Read the rest »
March 14th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Abundance! FastForward Radio
Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler’s amazing new book, Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You[...] Read the rest »
March 13th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Incentive Prizes for Business
The book Abundance talks about the important leverage that incentive prizes can provide. Describing the prize that inspired Charles Lindbergh to cross[...] Read the rest »
March 13th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
John Carter Inspires
Last night I returned to a place I haven’t visited in many years — Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs’ colorful and stylized Mars is wond[...] Read the rest »
March 7th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
300 Miles on One Charge
Sounds great! But there is a little bit of a catch… Startup announces big breakthrough for electric vehicle batteries For years, the electric ve[...] Read the rest »
March 5th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
If You’re Not Paying, You’re the Product
The Problem They are exploiting us! Why we all work for Facebook for free On this understanding we can certainly position the users of Facebook as lab[...] Read the rest »
February 29th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Future Day — FastForward Radio
Phil and Stephen welcome PJ Manney back to FastForward Radio for our first annual Future Day celebration. Future Day — what is it? How should [...] Read the rest »
February 28th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Are People Getting Dumber?
The answer is no, but hey — let the debate rage. I would pay particular attention to what Stephen Pinker has to say on the subject. I like the t[...] Read the rest »
February 23rd, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Pop-up Bug Robots
Mass-produced robot insects. I mean, hey, what could possibly go wrong? In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life Production me[...] Read the rest »
February 22nd, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Better and Better — FastForward Radio
Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss their new website Better All The Time, which explores evidence that the world is improving at an accelerat[...] Read the rest »
February 21st, 2012Phil Bowermaster
It’s Always Something
Many years Carl Sagan was a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and the two men somehow got into a conversation about the composition of the [...] Read the rest »
February 21st, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Perpetual Motion?
Starts out sounding pretty exciting… Time crystals could behave almost like perpetual motion machines As every young science student knows, movi[...] Read the rest »
February 20th, 2012Phil Bowermaster
Extend Your Life Now — Part 2
Continuing our countdown of easy things you can do now to extend your life. Brain with Alzheimer’s (left) vs. normal brain (right) Fasting can h[...] Read the rest »
