Everything you wanted to know about the book “Films from the Future”, but were afraid to ask
On November 15, my first solo-authored popular science/technology book will hit the streets. As we’re only a few short weeks away from the big day, I thought I’d answer some of the questions people may be asking about it. What’s the book called? The...
Films from the Future: Judging a book by its cover!
We’re just five weeks and a couple of days away from the official publication of Films from the Future on November 15th, but in the meantime, here’s a sneak-peek at the book’s cover: And just a reminder that the book’s currently...
Enter the Neo-Luddites: Transcendence, The Singularity, and Technological Resistance
On January 15, 1813, fourteen men were hanged outside York Castle in England for crimes associated with technological activism. It was the largest number of people ever hanged in a single day at the castle. These hangings were a decisive move against an uprising protesting the impacts of increased mechanization, one that became known as the Luddite movement after its alleged leader, Ned Ludd.
Being Human in an Augmented Future (From chapter seven of Films from the Future)
The forthcoming book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies explores the complex dynamics between emerging technologies and society through twelve science fiction movies. This excerpt comes from the chapter on the 1995 Japanese Anime movie...
Social inequity in an age of technological extremes (from chapter six of Films from the Future)
On September 17, 2011, a small group of social activists occupied Zuccotti Park in New York City. The occupation became the spearhead for the global “Occupy” movement, protesting a growing disparity between “haves” and “have-nots” within society. Two years later, the movie Elysium built on this movement as it sought to reveal the potential injustices of a technologically sophisticated future where a small group of elites live in decadent luxury at the expense of the poor.