Subject: Imagining the Future: The iPad of 1935, Transhumanism and Why Neal Stephenson Thinks Sci-fi Writers Should Cheer-up
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Futurism in Focus
March 2012
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How to Become the Engineers of Our Own Evolution
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The "transhumanist" movement says better technology will enable you to replace more and more body parts&mdash;even your brain
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The iPad of 1935
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Yep, there was an app for that
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Dear Science Fiction Writers: Stop Being So Pessimistic!
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Neal Stephenson created the Hieroglyph Project to convince sci-fi writers to stop worrying and learn to love the future
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The Segway of Airplanes
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The Hiller Flying Platform had the potential to be a space age personal flying machine. But it didn't quite take off
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Bruce McCall Illustrates the Future That Wasn't
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According to past predictions, we should be living in an era of flying cars and other marvels. But be glad that some advances haven't happened
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Looking Back on the Limits of Growth
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Forty years after the release of the groundbreaking study, were the concerns about overpopulation and the environment correct?
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The Origins of Futurism
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The celebrated science fiction writer and author of Tomorrow Nowexplains why you don't need to be clairvoyant to predict the future
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
- Frank Lloyd Wright

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