Weird new jobs
This week: the AI whisperer, AI artist managers, data detectives, metaverse supply chain strategy consultants, and more cool jobs in the digital era.
Instagram, are you TikTok?
This week: as Instagram tries to become more like TikTok, small businesses protest.
If we only think in the present, how can we imagine our future?
We need a coherent, concrete vision of the future to spur innovation and productivity.
Quantum: what you need to know
You don’t need to understand the nitty gritty of quantum theory to engage in the conversation.
Every move you make, every step you take
How do facial recognition systems work and what does it mean when anyone can access these artificial intelligence driven platforms?
Unlearn music on The Future, This Week
This week: we’re on a break but we have something interesting in store for you, we discuss how the way we engage with music is fundamentally changing — from something we listen to, to something we create with.
Unlearn automation on The Future, This Week
This week: we’re on a break but we have something interesting in store for you, and it’s not about our longitudinal auto ethnographic research on leisure time but rather, how automation will make your job harder.
Best business books of 2021 on The Future, This Week
This week: corporate self-help, schadenfreude, tech broccoli, and real eyeopeners: our 2021 best business books for your Christmas list.
The impending apocalypse happening in plain sight: a response to the latest IPCC report
Is the roadmap to net zero emissions afflicted by the politics of predatory delay?
Ray-Ban Stories let you wear Facebook on your face. But why would you want to?
Facebook is adamant its new “smart glasses” won’t be a privacy nightmare. But it is clearly bidding to normalise the use of wearable tech.
Curb your screen time and you improve mental health
Our ever-expanding online lives are putting our brain health and broader well-being at risk.
Safeguarding mental health while working from home
Working from home has become so routine during COVID-19 the arrangement even enjoys its own texting friendly abbreviation.