Future Tense

343 Episodes

1. The manufacturing of "natural food" and how tech can demystify what we eat

   Published: 4/4/2024
2. Self-destructive behaviour — the enemy within 

   Published: 3/28/2024
3. Fear and anger – the complicated emotions that govern our world

   Published: 3/21/2024
4. Algorithmic homogeny – why everything looks and feels the same

   Published: 3/17/2024
5. The weaponisation of nostalgia; and has culture come to a standstill?

   Published: 3/10/2024
6. Are we really becoming more isolated and less community minded?

   Published: 3/3/2024
7. TikTok's superstar economy – how live-streaming is turning social media into a game played for money

   Published: 2/25/2024
8. Conversing with aliens and 'decentering' the human

   Published: 2/18/2024
9. Does AI show we overestimate our human creativity? And what does creativity mean anyway?

   Published: 2/11/2024
10. Growing houses and running computers with help from bacteria — the future of synthetic biology

    Published: 2/4/2024
11. Building a new social contract 

    Published: 1/28/2024
12. The Great Regression and the "kidification" of adulthood

    Published: 1/21/2024
13. Research productivity and innovation is declining

    Published: 1/14/2024
14. Managerialism ... and what it means for work

    Published: 1/7/2024
15. Turning our back on alcohol

    Published: 12/31/2023
16. Who are the beneficiaries of climate change?

    Published: 12/24/2023
17. The Great Plunder – curbing human creativity through mass theft

    Published: 12/17/2023
18. Sweltering Cities – the cost of exponential urbanisation

    Published: 12/10/2023
19. Technology churn versus digital Inclusion

    Published: 12/3/2023
20. How ancient trees could help in the fight against climate change

    Published: 11/26/2023