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Visions for Tomorrow: How You Can Save The World, presented by SCI FI


	Futurism Memo on saving the world: Thinking outside the big-box store model Those who gaze at big-box stores and fail to see future cathedrals, museums or artists’ communities have no sense of history. Or imagination. It is beyond time to start thinking creatively about what to do with all of those... POSTED Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Online video games are creating a new breed of social players How can you save the world? Play more games. Not just any game will work. You’ll need to focus your gameplay efforts carefully, on games like Left 4 Dead, Rock Band, World of Warcraft, Little Big Planet, SF0, Halo... POSTED Wednesday, October 29, 2008 It's time to vote It’s time to vote. Yes — in the elections in November — but not only that. I’m talking about the voting you do every day. Every time you drop a dollar, yen, mark, yuan, frank, rial or pound on... POSTED Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Tomorrow matters, as much as today When the world seems to be falling down all around us, can we afford to spend our time thinking about the future? In the midst of ongoing wars, accelerating economic collapse, and cascading environmental ruin, it’s easy to dismiss... POSTED Friday, September 26, 2008 Why your personal carbon footprint matters One of my proudest moments as an environmentalist came when the Santa Monica Main Public Library answered my plea to install more bike racks. The racks were hard won: I photo-documented then blogged about the over-crowded racks at the... POSTED Thursday, September 18, 2008 Where will the average stand in a world filled with genetically enhanced beauty and ability? In Grover Beach, California, nineteen-year-old Cameron Clapp trains for his next track meet — on battery-powered, robotic metal legs. Meanwhile, in Framingham, Mass. a pharmaceutical company is splicing human genes into cow and goat embryos, enabling the animals to... POSTED Monday, September 8, 2008 Do we no longer believe in a better tomorrow? I wrote the following as part of an oped directed at the media industry. My profound belief is that we need to give people sense of vision and possibility. They no longer can imagine what a better future might... POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008 Future possibilities for space exploration — thoughts on exploring beyond Earth After the brilliant landing of the Phoenix on Mars, how can we not open this series of discussion postings other than with thoughts about exploring the Red Planet?! First, some thoughts on exploration itself… Exploration is expanding human experience,... POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008