The Futurists

Send us Fan Mail In order to 100% ensure survival of humanity, what technologies or systems should be absolutely cordoned-off from A.I. control or connectivity? Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Could "comet" 3i Atlas be a living being? Many experts have speculated that it may be of alien origin - a spacecraft or probe or unknown technology, but could it actually be a living space tourist? Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What if America was "allowed" to win the Revolutionary War? What if Benjamin Franklin struck a closed-door deal with the Crown, France and European leaders to facilitate the emergence of a strong-willed western hemispherical partner in trade and war, while creating the illusion that Americans were no longer subjects of the monarchy? Nearly every global conflict involving...

Send us Fan Mail Proposed origins of "comet" 3i/Atlas have included alien spacecraft, interstellar probe, extraterrestrial machinery, and mysterious space rock, but it's unlikely that a truly advanced alien species would travel the galaxy kinetically, or send a physical device when they would probably possess remote-viewing capabilities far exceeding ours... Right?  So, what if 3i/A...

Send us Fan Mail When we dream during sleep, could it be that we are traversing an alternate timeline of our reality, or perhaps slipping into another universe or lifetime in-progress? Would this be a function of the quantum realm or entirely manufactured in our own sub-imagination? If true, and someone dies in their sleep - as is so commonly reported, would they continue on in the alternate reali...

Send us Fan Mail A.I. and robotics are coming of age. Networked resources will soon gain dominance and dominion over creation, displacing humans as the world's shepherd. The intent in creating this machine was to relieve humans from labor and create ensured survival. But iIn this new reality, human survival is discounted, perhaps unnecessary. Human endeavors will shift from survival and susta...

Send us Fan Mail In new physics experiments, it appears that decisions made in the present moment - when entangled with a traceable timeline, might affect the history of that timeline. If that reverse causality is ubiquitous in the quantum field, and reality manifests from the quantum field, then could it be possible that our transitory thoughts and decisions in the past were affected or even coer...

Send us Fan Mail Since the pre-industrialized era, humans have largely been solely responsible for their own personal survival - that alone, was the primary objective: to survive long enough to produce offspring and wean them. And human activity was predominantly related to basic survival - water, food, shelter, energy. But as industry, modern agriculture, and technology have made survival easier...

Send us Fan Mail Should courtroom juries be replaced by A.I. for a less-biased adjudication? For that matter, should an A.I. judge - the "just machine" (in Donald Fagen's 1982 hit song I.G.Y.) - replace human judges to reduce bias and ensure proper justice is levied? Would such an evolution be allowed under the Constitution? Would lawyers then become A.I. in order to properly and mo...

Send us Fan Mail A.I. is already showing fallibilities in its accuracy, hallucinations, even conjuring evidence and manufacturing sources to support its conclusions and arguments. At some point, will advanced A.I. - once given the reigns of critical systems or infrastructure or social constructs, be held accountable for truth as humans are?  If an A.I. demonstrates corruption or lack of integrity,...

Send us Fan Mail Humanity's primary motivation over the past millennia has been to aggregation of wealth, in all of its forms. At first for assured survival, but typically evolving into an effort to amass power and influence over others. Money has been the focus, as a store of value, representation of work performed, and method of exchange and commerce between individuals, organizations, and...

Send us Fan Mail  Is time the ultimate commodity? Its scarcity is directly related to our limited lifetimes. Our global economy is built on exchange of time (labor) for money (representation of labor). Time scarcity is the driving economic force. Humans can amass fiat wealth, but can't extend their own time. Given that the A.I. systems we're creating already outperform us, and will ultim...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when A.I. automatons are launched onto the open net? Is it only a matter of time until self-replicating hack-bots begin spreading across the net, systematically dismantling encrypted resources and security protocols globally? Given that infrastructure, transportation assets, supply-chain logistics, and even weapons systems are interconnected on the same net, can the b...

Send us Fan Mail Hollywood is rebelling against A.I. actress Tilly Norwood for "stealing" valuable movie and TV roles from human actors and potentially competing for awards like Oscars or Emmys. And A.I. actors have overtaken online platforms like OnlyFans and Instagram. No surprises there, but inevitably, A.I. "personalities" and "professionals" will eventually infil...

Send us Fan Mail The SETI program has turned up very little in the way of alien or interstellar signals, while notable researchers, Carl Sagan, Avi Loeb, etc. have championed the Fermi paradox - and the fact that billions of potential Earths are definitely within our own galaxy, yet we still have no radio signals or "fog-horns in the mist" so to speak. Could it be that our radio spectrum...

Send us Fan Mail If 3i/Atlas - the inbound space object is actually an alien spaceship, as some scientists and observers believe, what are the implications for humanity? It is on a path to intersect earth orbit and due to arrive later this year. What preparations or discussions should we be having now about how to respond? Should we prepare to fight off an alien presence or embrace it? The Sumeria...

Send us Fan Mail Humanity's primary motivation over the past millennia has been to aggregation of wealth, in all of its forms. At first for assured survival, but typically evolving into an effort to amass power and influence over others. Money has been the focus, as a store of value, representation of work performed, and method of exchange and commerce between individuals, organizations, and...

Send us Fan Mail  Is A.I. the proverbial "tree of knowledge" from the Genesis story in the Bible? Or could it be construed as the Beast in The Revelation of the New Testament? Is mankind committing a "sin" by interacting with A.I. and consuming its output or cavorting with it - attributing human qualities to an artificial being? Would mankind be better advised to avert its atte...

Send us Fan Mail If A.I. advances to the point that nearly all human activity is controlled by, monitored by, or reliant upon A.I. systems, and A.I. out-grows the available energy resources to maintain its growth trajectory or even basic operational requirements, what will be the result? Will the global network collapse? How is human society impacted? How is the natural world impacted? Will the wo...

Send us Fan Mail Are carnal desires intentionally distracting us from our karmic mission? If so, who or what is trying to inhibit our karmic evolution? If we disconnect from our innate instincts though, are we in some way insulting the creator who instilled these desires and needs? Are we denying our true existence? Is Karma just as much a distraction from our worldly reality? Support the show

Send us Fan Mail  If only one of billions of sperm wins admittance to an egg, is it possible that only one living human is granted access to heaven after death in the macro of the same action? If so, how would that widespread fore-knowledge affect our everyday choices and intentions? What are the religious implications in the various expressions - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu...? Wou...

Send us Fan Mail What if that little voice in your head - which has guided your decision-making and emotional responses since you were a young child is actually you speaking to your younger self from the future via imaginative reliving of experienced scenarios and what-if gaming and fantasy in your own mind? What if our consciousness is actually entangled - not across space, but across time? Would...

Send us Fan Mail  If 31/Atlas - the inbound space object is actually an alien spaceship, as some scientists and observers believe, what are the implications for humanity? It is on a path to intersect earth orbit and due to arrive later this year. What preparations or discussions should we be having now about how to respond? Should we prepare to fight off an alien presence or embrace it? The Sumeri...

Send us Fan Mail Can humans evolve beyond their predominant linear thinking and communications? Given that information exchange between humans - from person-to-person or from one-to-many, as in broadcast and streaming media - is largely linear - one idea at a time, one word at a time, a serial information exchange model, could humans devise a way to communicate multiple streams of knowledge simult...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the most powerful processor ever created accesses the most extensive database ever conceived?  If the Universe hosts a historical record of creation and consciousness, could a super-intelligent quantum computer bring a deceased person back to life - complete with memories, personality, and all the characteristics of their soul?   Sheridan Forge asks: Assuming the...