Future Tense

343 Episodes

1. Beyond the cloud — storing data in space

   Published: 5/29/2025
2. Forgetting, not memory, moves us forward

   Published: 5/22/2025
3. Bitcoin boom or digital deception?

   Published: 5/15/2025
4. Can the oceans solve our carbon removal problems?

   Published: 5/8/2025
5. YouTube turns 20; and the interesting side of boredom

   Published: 5/1/2025
6. Remember the Jevons Paradox! 

   Published: 4/24/2025
7. The power and peril of the optimistic mind

   Published: 4/17/2025
8. AI's "hidden labour" and the move toward a linkless internet

   Published: 4/10/2025
9. The roots of techno-authoritarianism

   Published: 4/3/2025
10. Some challenges to conventional economic thinking 

    Published: 3/27/2025
11. Civility, trash talking and more sociable cities

    Published: 3/20/2025
12. Limitarianism — could a cap on wealth reduce inequality?

    Published: 3/13/2025
13. Understanding attention and a craving for certainty

    Published: 3/7/2025
14. Flow Batteries, windships, and a new approach to off-grid solar

    Published: 2/27/2025
15. Modern museums, accountability, and openness

    Published: 2/20/2025
16. Nuclear tombs and the distant discourse of danger

    Published: 2/13/2025
17. The danger of generational labelling

    Published: 2/6/2025
18. Could Utopian thinking save democracy?  

    Published: 1/30/2025
19. How to ensure privatisation serves the public good

    Published: 1/23/2025
20. The vicious cycle of fear and anger — and how it traps society

    Published: 1/16/2025