The Future And You
This award-winning series explores The Future of Everything. What can we expect of next week, next year, next century? What will we eat, drive, wear, live in, vote for, want to buy, and want to avoid? What mistakes of the past will we make again, and which ones have we learned from? From the next tick of the clock to the ultimate end of the universe, every subject is fair game. Composed of interviews and essays, it's hosted by the author and futurist Stephen Euin Cobb. Guests include: famous authors and the occasional celebrity, but mostly futurists, innovators, technologists, analysts, entrepreneurs, and those pushing the limits of technology, as well as those struggling to understand the trends growing strong around us now--since it is those trends which will create the future in which we will all live. This program is not about magic, or prophecy, or psychic divination. Instead, we attempt to use verifiable facts as our foundation, and from them extrapolate forward. All such extrapolations--regardless of the credentials of those putting them forth--must be considered pure opinion. Time alone, will allow these extrapolations to be verified or nullified. Topics and themes explored include: nanotechnology and biotechnology; organlegging and organ transplants, molecular manufacturing and computers wired directly into the human brain; extropianism, transhumanism and the technology of individual immortality; terrorism, globalization, global warming and nuclear proliferation; cryonics and cryogenics; genetic engineering and the human genome project; embryos, cloning and stem cell research; astronomy and other space explorations (NASA, Hubble, exoplanets, SETI, ESA, CCCP, lasers and space probes); the singularity, robots, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI); remote sensing and waldoes; legal and illegal uses of the Internet (hackers and hacking, viruses and Trojan horses); solar cells, peak oil and alternative energy; aging and medical longevity; FTL (faster than light travel, as in Star Trek and Star Wars) and worm holes (as in StarGate SG-1); progress in health, education and neuroscience, as well as evolution, agriculture and inventions; and how what was once science fiction and fantasy is now biology, chemistry and physics. Everything from futurism to futurology. To learn more, check the show's website at: www.TheFutureAndYou.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 486
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2019
The Future And You -- June 20, 2012
Dr. Ben Davis (nuclear physicist and professor), Jim Craig (planetarium director), James Maxey (author), and Stephen Euin Cobb (your host) are today's featured guests.
Topic: Trends in higher educati…
The Future And You -- June 13, 2012
James Maxey (author), Edmund R. Schubert (editor and author), and David B. Coe (author) are today's featured guests.
Topic: The upheaval in the traditional book publishing Industry as described by th…
The Future And You -- June 6, 2012
Jonah Knight (singer, songwriter, performer); Jaysen Buterin (independent film maker); three popular authors: James Maxey, David Drake and Janine Spendlove; half of the Mon Frere Comedy Troupe (speci…
The Future And You -- May 30, 2012
Stephen Euin Cobb is today's featured speaker.
Main Topic: A detailed description of a new form of Internet spam so cleverly disguised that you have probably read lots of it without even noticing. It…
The Future And You -- May 23, 2012
Stephen Euin Cobb is today's featured speaker.
Topics: Erotic novels are getting a sales boost from ebooks such as the Kindle and the Nook; Google's anticipated eyeglass computers; many (and possibly…
The Future And You -- May 16, 2012
Stephen Euin Cobb is today's featured speaker.
Topic: A major photovoltaic problem will hit the United States, and many other nations, in about two or three years (in 2014 and 2015). There is no need…
The Future And You -- May 9, 2012
Les Johnson (author, speaker and NASA deputy manager) is today's featured guest.
Topic: Part 2 of Trends in space exploration. What's going on now, and some of the missions which are planned for the …
The Future And You -- May 2, 2012
Les Johnson (author, speaker and NASA deputy manager) is today's featured guest.
Topic: Trends in space exploration. What's going on now, and some of the missions which are planned for the future.
The Future And You -- April 25, 2012
Marshall Brain (founder of HowStuffWorks.com) is today's featured guest.
Topic: The remarkably GOOD future which we can create for ourselves using the robots which will dominate our economy during th…
The Future And You -- April 18, 2012
Marshall Brain (founder of HowStuffWorks.com) is today's featured guest.
Topic: The remarkably BAD side of what the rise of robots may do to our culture, civilization, economy, and lifestyles during …
The Future And You -- April 11, 2012
Paul Fischer (digital network engineer) is our featured guest.
Topics: Fun, Interesting and Cool Stuff (but no future or computer security). For example: Beer (especially high-end micro-brews), Balt…
The Future And You -- April 4, 2012
Paul Fischer (digital network engineer) is our featured guest.
Topics: Cyberwar: Several specific examples of computer hacking done by military forces around the world. How Iran's nuclear program was…
The Future And You -- March 28, 2012
Evo Terra (author, speaker and digital business strategist) is our featured guest.
Topic: Trends in New Media: Where we are now, how we got here, and some of the shifting trends which are changing th…
The Future And You -- March 21, 2012
The Future And You -- March 14, 2012
The Future And You -- March 7, 2012
George Dvorsky (futurist and ethicist) is our featured guest.
Topics: Why he has changed from a Vegetarian Diet to a Paleolithic Diet (which is limited to the foods our species ate before the rise of…
The Future And You -- February 29, 2012
George Dvorsky (futurist and ethicist) is our featured guest.
Topics: Is it wise to use our emotions (especially repugnance) as a guide to truth? Giving protective rights to intelligent animals (apes…
The Future And You -- February 22, 2012
George Dvorsky (futurist and ethicist) is our featured guest.
Topics: the importance of studying history in order to extrapolate the future; how democratic transhumanism differs from other flavours o…
The Future And You -- February 15, 2012
Wendy S. Delmater(editor, author and safety engineer), Joe Naff(author), and Myself (your host) are our featured guests.
Topic: Future disasters, and what you can do now to prepare for them. (Part 3)
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The Future And You -- February 8, 2012
Jonathan Mugan (author of The Curiosity Cycle, and computer science researcher) is our featured guest.
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, online games, learning styles and methods, ar…