Talking Science Fiction and Game Design with James L. Cambias
Joey Eschrich
Teaching Bioethics With Pool Noodles
Bob Beard
Devices Like Us
Corey S. Pressman
Discovering Tomorrow with ASU’s University Futurist, Brian David Johnson
What if we had a Secretary of the Future?
Algorithms Are Like Kirk, Not Spock
When technologists describe their hotshot new system for trading stocks or driving cars, the algorithm at its heart always seems to emerge from a magical realm of Spock-like rationality and mathematical perfection. Algorithms can save lives or make money, the argument goes, because they are built on the foundations of mathematics: logical rigor, conceptual clarity, and utter consistency. Math is perfect, right? And algorithms are made out of math.
The Crab and the Butterfly: Semicolon Services in the 21st Century
Corey S. Pressman
Poetry for Robots
Corey S. Pressman
Annual Report 2015/16
Building Visions of Humanity’s Climate Future – in Fiction and on Campus
Unhooked: Wonder in the Digital Age
Our neocortex is very adept at automation – at habitualizing complex behaviors and routines of thought. Consider: how much of your day is patterned? How much of your thoughts are processes you’ve repeated before? A lot! And this is a good thing: automation frees up our minds for the good life, the life examined, the life of the mind.
Unhooked: Wonder in the Digital Age
Corey S. Pressman
New ASU Futurist-In-Residence On The Future, Imagination
Intel futurist Brian David Johnson heads to ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination
Futurist Brian David Johnson leaves Intel, joins Arizona State University
Renowned futurist, technologist, and author Brian David Johnson, who left his position at the Intel Corporation in January, will be joining Arizona State University as Futurist in Residence for spring 2016 at the Center for Science and the Imagination and as a Professor of Practice in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society.
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Casts Diverse Actors