links for 2008-06-20

“What kind of society are we likely to get if it turns out that yes, we’re hitting peak oil round about now, but that it’s possible to process random junk biomass into crude oil for $100 a barrel, and $1000 will buy you a machine that you plug into your l

(tags: future science technology anticipation futurology futurism fiction)

Stross interviewed by the Guardian: “I think that if there’s one key insight science can bring to fiction,” he says, “it’s that fiction – the study of the human condition – needs to broaden its definition of the human condition. Because the human conditio

(tags: fiction future interview singularity technology writing scifi futurism)

“For as long as I’ve known the term, ubiquitous computing has been largely ignored, written off as a scifi pipedream from the people who promised you AI and cars that would run on water. That’s beginning to change, as hardware such as the Arduino and prog

(tags: ubicomp urbancomputing trends technology anticipation future futurism innovation)

Coverage of Prof. Jonathan Zitrain’s (MIT) anxiety over the future of the internet, on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme (17/06/08).

(tags: radio internet future futurism anticipation technology)