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Future Balls

Future Balls

By Tristan Grace and Nathan Waters

We bought a bingo ball machine well into our mid 30s. Then we hand-scribbled a futuristic topic on each ball. Now we give it a weekly spin, pull out three balls and mash'em into imagined futures on the fly. Guaranteed novelty and nonsense!
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Political Systems, Childcare, LIDAR, CRISPR

Future BallsNov 10, 2021

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Political Systems, Childcare, LIDAR, CRISPR

Political Systems, Childcare, LIDAR, CRISPR

How would you combine the future of political systems with childcare, LIDAR and CRISPR?

Spin the bingo ball machine with your hosts Tristan Grace and Nathan Waters!

Nov 10, 202124:44
Satellites, Money, BCI

Satellites, Money, BCI

How would you combine the future of satellites with money and brain-computer interfaces?

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Nov 03, 202124:13
Violence, Complexity, Facial Recognition

Violence, Complexity, Facial Recognition

How would you combine the future of violence with complexity and facial recognition?

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Oct 27, 202125:44
Authoritarianism, Nootropics, Neurotech

Authoritarianism, Nootropics, Neurotech

How would you combine the future of authoritarianism with nootropics and neurotech?

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Oct 20, 202127:13
Gamification, Space Exploration, UBI

Gamification, Space Exploration, UBI

How would you combine the future of gamification with space exploration and a universal basic income (UBI)?

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Oct 13, 202122:01
Collective Intelligence, Computation, P2P

Collective Intelligence, Computation, P2P

How would you combine the future of collective intelligence with computation and peer-to-peer (P2P)?

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Oct 06, 202123:39
Neuralink, Psychedelics, Mars Colony

Neuralink, Psychedelics, Mars Colony

How would you combine the future of Neuralink with psychedelics and a Mars colony?

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Sep 29, 202123:35
Decentralization, Social Credit, Femtotechnology

Decentralization, Social Credit, Femtotechnology

How would you combine the future of decentralization with social credit systems and femtotechnology?

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Sep 22, 202123:35
Mass Surveillance, Mutual Credit, Lab Grown Meat

Mass Surveillance, Mutual Credit, Lab Grown Meat

How would you combine the future of mass surveillance with mutual credit currencies and lab grown meat?

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Sep 15, 202124:24
Future of Work, AI, Vanlife

Future of Work, AI, Vanlife

How would you combine the future of work with artificial intelligence and vanlife?

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Sep 08, 202123:44
Creating Life, Complexity, Farming Robots

Creating Life, Complexity, Farming Robots

How would you combine the future of creating artificial life with complexity and farming robots?

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Sep 01, 202120:23
Virtual Worlds, Distributed Platforms, Education

Virtual Worlds, Distributed Platforms, Education

How would you combine the future of virtual worlds with distributed/decentralized platforms and education?

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Aug 25, 202122:45
Drones, GameB, Methuselarity

Drones, GameB, Methuselarity

How would you combine the future of drones with GameB and the Methuselarity?

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Aug 18, 202124:13
Lifelogging, Health, Pornography

Lifelogging, Health, Pornography

How would you combine the future of lifelogging with health and porn?

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Aug 11, 202121:43
Gen Alpha, Abundance, Biotechnology

Gen Alpha, Abundance, Biotechnology

How would you combine the future of Generation Alpha with abundance and biotech?

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Aug 04, 202121:60
Fashion, Nanorobots, Turing-Complete Factories

Fashion, Nanorobots, Turing-Complete Factories

How would you combine the future of fashion with nanorobots and Turing-complete factories?

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Jul 28, 202122:02
GPT-10, Economic Inequality, Asteroid Mining

GPT-10, Economic Inequality, Asteroid Mining

How would you combine the future of GPT-3 with economic inequality and asteroid mining?

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Jul 21, 202121:03
Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Motivations of AI

Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Motivations of AI

How would you combine automation with autonomous vehicles and the motivations of artificial intelligence?

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Jul 14, 202125:16
Piracy, Leisure, Mega Structures

Piracy, Leisure, Mega Structures

How would you combine piracy with the future of leisure and mega structures?

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Jul 07, 202123:48
AR, Genedrives, Semantic Web

AR, Genedrives, Semantic Web

How would you combine augmented reality with gene drives and the semantic web?

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Jun 30, 202122:25
Singularity, Kardashev Scale, Hiveminds

Singularity, Kardashev Scale, Hiveminds

How would you combine the Singularity with the Kardashev Scale and hiveminds?

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Jun 23, 202123:59
GMOs, VR, Renewables

GMOs, VR, Renewables

How would you combine GMOs with virtual reality and renewable energy?

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Jun 16, 202117:45
Mass Surveillance, Dildonics, Human Augmentation

Mass Surveillance, Dildonics, Human Augmentation

How would you combine mass surveillance with tele-dildonics and human augmentation?

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Jun 09, 202118:44