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Future Tense — 244 episodes · page 3 of 3
When development aid goes wrong - propping up bad regimes
The fall of cash & the rise of central bank digital currencies
Drones, witnessing and the view from above
Banning books and floating suburbs
Fashion’s fast future
Space pollution, stunted high-rise and the joy of missing out
The opportunity costs of global pollution
Rare Earths and the difficulties of supply
Is dumbness our destiny?
Litigating our way out of climate change
The power of storytelling – a cautionary tale
Is the process of ageing inevitable?
Rewilding to safeguard biodiversity
Social media: harm and transformative justice
Coming to terms with noise
Geopolitics in a post fossil-fuel world
Our adolescent future and reassessing human rights
The new globalisation
Technology: Questions of ethics and fairness
An international approach to regulating AI
An update on nuclear energy
The positive side of monitoring
Disappearing cookies and a shortage of chips
Planning for a problematic future
The atomisation of religious belief
Should we really aim for sustainable development?
The Metaverse – turning life into one big online experience
Big tech’s big challenge
Our long-term battle with short-term thinking
Link rot, pay walls and the perils of preservation
AI inventors; “Affectivism” and the problem with Virtual Reality
Bitcoin: silly speculation or the future of finance?
A new alliance of democracies
Outsourcing, automation and the messiness of global labour
The trouble with Tech-driven farming
Ransomware – a very 21st century crime
A non-proliferation treaty for fossil fuels
Litigating our way out of climate change
Some foresight about the future of foresight
What role will hydrogen play in our future?
Rewilding: part two
Rewilding to safeguard biodiversity
Is the process of ageing inevitable?
Is dumbness our destiny?