Category Archives: The Future

Short Answer: It’s only suborbital. It’s just an exotic, jet-powered joyride for rich people. Long answer: Look, if purely private funding built something like a space elevator, then I’d be impressed, then I’d say NASA, ESA and the RKA need … Continue reading →

My news aggregator handed me a Slashdot article about terraforming Mars and other planets. One of the points raised was that terraforming, while possible, would be very slow and expensive, taking thousands of years before a stable biosphere was achieved. … Continue reading →

We’ve all seen it. These processes have been facts of life ever since the Industrial Revolution began. One could argue that it all started with agriculture and domestication. We were doomed as soon as we developed language and harnessed fire. … Continue reading →

I was never really happy with the politics of some of the prominent people in transhumanism (In short, I am not a Libertarian.), but now there appears to be a new ideological stripe emerging in the movement thanks, in part, … Continue reading →

The Earth is in trouble and even after molecular manufacturing becomes commonplace, not all of the damage we’ve done to it will be erased. Therefore, inspired by VHEMT, I’ve decided form my own organization: The Voluntary Earth Evacuation Movement (VEEM). … Continue reading →

As I’ve said many times before, these are science fictional times we live in. I just got news that the Arizona Legislature is attempting to pass rules that may outlaw many of the procedures and services offered by the Alcor … Continue reading →

So I read this post over at the Speculist that talks about the failed dreams of futurists–namely flying cars, jet packs, airships and so on. At first I decided to reply directly to the post but the post grew so … Continue reading →

I’ve been watching the transhumanist movement from afar for many years now. I think they can be viewed as a facet of a growing paradox. The technology that allows us to completely engineer human beings into new species is driven … Continue reading →

People with motor impairment can now steer wheelchairs with their thoughts thanks to a skullcap lined with tiny electrodes that sense brainwaves. Neurology has advanced to a point were we can write software that recogonizes specific patterns and locations in … Continue reading →

Marshall Brain (Damn, I wish I had a name like that!) predicts that new strides in robotics and automation will eventually lead to massive unemployment. Of course, this subject has been raised before, and so far, nothing has come of … Continue reading →