Infinite possible futures unveiled. Peek at one of our infinite possible futures, every episode. Journalist John Koetsier interviews futurists, technologists, and founders: the people creating the futures we will all inhabit.
Latest episodes
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5 min
United Nations to take over Facebook, provide ad-free social utility for world
'United Nations’ is chapter 27 of Insights from the Future, a book I’m writing about technology, innovation, and people … from the perspective of the future. THIS IS NOT NEWS; IT I…
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25 min
The wacky crazy cyborg future of AI, AR, VR, and brain-machine interfaces with Cathy Hackl
The augmented human and jobs of tomorrow, with Cathy Hackl ... What will it mean to be human when we can plug into our computers? Today we plug our computers in to power. Tomorrow,…
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28 min
Finite earth economy: is endless economic growth possible?
In the past, we’ve always been able to expand to some frontier … we’ve rarely hit the limits of our space or territory. That's no longer the case right now. As horrible as it is, C…
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19 min
The Future of AI: Superintelligence and humans
Superintelligence: what happens in a world with AI that is hundreds or thousands of times smarter than humans? In this episode of future39 we're chatting with research scientist Ro…
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29 min
Funding moonshots: Creating tomorrow’s futures with today’s dollars
Tesla. Apple. Google. Facebook. Every company inventing the future started somewhere … with an idea and an investment. Where will tomorrow’s futures be invented? Welcome to future3…
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32 min
2 missions of the 21st century: climate change & space exploration
Welcome to future39. We’re talking about the future of work (and life in the solar system) with futurist Kate Levchuk. Guest: Kate Levchul - Kate is an exec at Infosys - She’s a fu…
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32 min
Anti-futurist Theo Priestley talks about the future of work, AI in charge, and not becoming Gary Vaynerchuk
The future ain’t what it used to be, to quote Yogi Berra. We chat with Theo Priestley -- a former tech evangelist for companies like SAP -- about the future of work, AI as our lead…
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30 min
Futurist Nikolas Badminton: we're too late to stop climate change (and smart drugs and the future of food)
Journalist John Koetsier spends 30 minutes with futurist Nik Badminton on smart drugs, smart food, and the coming "year of resiliency," in which we start to learn to live with high…