Superfuture. 20-crucial-terms-every-21st-century. Back in 2007 I put together a list of terms every self-respecting futurist should be familiar with.
But now, some seven years later, it's time for an update. I reached out to several futurists, asking them which terms or phrases have emerged or gained relevance since that time. These forward-looking thinkers provided me with some fascinating and provocative suggestions — some familiar to me, others completely new, and some a refinement of earlier conceptions. We Come from the Future. BLDGBLOG. Benn Jordan. It’s Getting Better?
If you read any copyright related interview I did in the last decade, I probably sounded akin to a doomsday prophet. Not that I shouldn’t have. RIAA were suing soccer moms for hundreds of thousands of dollars, Net Neutrality was about to be abolished, SOPA was gaining enough momentum to where we were all positive it would be passed, iTunes was monopolizing the digital music market, and at the bottom of it all, musicians were going broke with no light at the end of the tunnel.
Most of these issues are still around, but becoming more and more neutered. Programmes. Drexciya Research Lab. De Toekomst Hervonden. Hard//hoofd. Pop.media.cultuur. KUDDEDIER. My Web Daily. A Piece of Monologue: Literature, Philosophy, Criticism. : : : index - - - Arie Altena : : :