Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control. Jamais Cascio actionconnectcontrol Change image and share on social
Blended-reality technology could play in a limited, walled-garden world, but history suggests that it won't really take off until it offers broad freedom of use. Jamais Cascio blendbroadfreedom Change image and share on social
My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic. Jamais Cascio apocalypticartificialmind Change image and share on social
Nearly every communication method we invent eventually conveys unwanted commercial messages. Jamais Cascio commercialcommunicationconvey Change image and share on social
The biggest potential and actual crises of the 21st century all have a strong, long, slow aspect with a significant lag between cause and effect. We have to train ourselves to be thinking in terms of longer-term results. Jamais Cascio 21stactualaspect share on social
Nobody's going to fix the world for us, but working together, making use of technological innovations and human communities alike, we might just be able to fix it ourselves. Jamais Cascio alikecommunityfix Change image and share on social
Many futurists use a checklist approach to make sure they're covering a sufficiently wide set of topics in terms of both research and brainstorming during a foresight exercise. Jamais Cascio approachbrainstormchecklist Change image and share on social
Don't expect to be able to upload your cat's brain into your Roomba any time soon. Jamais Cascio braincatexpect Change image and share on social
Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development might appear. Jamais Cascio developmentdisruptivefuturist Change image and share on social
Back in the 1500s, the culture that we had built in the West embraced multigenerational projects quite easily. Notre Dame. Massive cathedrals were not built over the course of a few years, they were built over a few generations. People who started building them knew they wouldn't be finished until their grandson was born. Jamais Cascio 1500sbackbear share on social