Envisioning the Next Fifty Years
January 3, 2019 • #One of my favorite science fiction authors, now a self-described “futurist”, Bruce Sterling, on how to think about the future.
I dig Noriyoshi Ohrai ’s spaceship concepts.
Cylindrical space colony. Rick Guidice.
Ralph McQuarrie.
The Magic City , by Russian artist Artur Skizhali-Veis.
“Depthscrapers”
When will we build one?
I want a future of ringworld colonies and Dyson spheres.
If our farms in 2150 don’t look like this, we’ve failed.
Ecco the Dolphin was such a weird (awesome) game. Created an entire aesthetic blended from science fiction, solarpunk, and SeaQuest DSV-style futurism.
Paolo Soleri’s book Arcology is out of print and extremely hard to find. Luckily you can find it here online in its full visual glory.
Makes me want to go back and play SimCity 2000.
Novanoah — Paolo Soleri’s floating city.
Atsushi Wakamatsu, Tower of Babel.
Looks like one for the watchlist.
We Are As Gods is the first feature film about Brand’s remarkable life. Marrying never-before-seen footage with contemporary interviews, the film chronicles his journey, from his early days with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters through the birth of the personal computing revolution, to his latest quest to reorient environmentalism — by bringing back woolly mammoths.
One of my favorite science fiction authors, now a self-described “futurist”, Bruce Sterling, on how to think about the future.