Nuki Raccoon: Fedi's Favorite Furry F***posterMar 10

Typical spot the differences in a future where nobody cares about censoring #nudity/#genitals...

"This man has a #penis in this one, but in the other one he has a #Vulva."

#futurism #FutureShock

[email protected]Feb 28

@future_shock.ai:
The Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic for having safety guardrails. Then OpenAI got the same deal with the same guardrails. Vonnegut would have drawn a butthole about it. We wrote about Murderbot instead.

https://news.future-shock.ai/murderbots-and-mass-surveillance/

#AI #AISafety #FutureShock

Murderbots and Mass Surveillance

When the Pentagon blacklists an AI company for having safety guardrails, science fiction stops being fiction. Martha Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Alastair Reynolds saw this coming.

Future Shock Newsletter
50+ MusicFeb 25
"Rockit" is a composition recorded by American jazz pianist #HerbieHancock #and produced by #BillLaswell and #MichaelBeinhorn. Hancock released it as a #single from his twenty-ninth album, #FutureShock (1983). The selection was composed by Hancock, Laswell, and Beinhorn. The track was driven by its deejay #scratch style, performed primarily by #DXT, and its music video created by #GodleyAndCreme, featuring the robotic art of #JimWhiting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY
Herbie Hancock - Rockit (Official Video)

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zeldmanFeb 19

“Every generation before us was also convinced they were living at the end.
“When books arrived.
“When electricity arrived.
“When the internet arrived.
“Each time, something did end.
“But the world didn’t.
“It changed.
“And then, inconveniently, it carried on.”

https://www.pootlepress.com/2026/02/apocaloptimist/ #ApocalypsePlease #AgeOfAnxiety #ApocalypticThiking #FutureShock

APOCALOPTIMIST | Pootlepress

Or: Why Humans Are Absolutely Certain Everything Is About to End (Again) Human beings have many wonderful qualities. We invented sandwiches. We domesticated dogs. We created the ability to watch a man eat 14 cheeseburgers on YouTube while we ourselves eat a salad and feel morally superior. But perhaps our greatest achievement is this: We […]

Jetse de VriesFeb 6

Part 6 is here, bringing you the first crisis on board the starship Symbiosis. And believe me, it won’t be the last . . . 🥸👽🤖🌚

https://jetse.substack.com/p/the-three-reflectors-of-consensual-506

#sciencefiction #Novel #spaceopera #consciousness #futureshock

ethanmc68Jan 10

10 Shocking AI Predictions for 2026
From the collapse of traditional social media to AI-governed cities—these ten predictions for 2026 are setting the internet on fire.

#AI #tech #2026 #TechTrends #FutureShock #News

https://www.technology-news-channel.com/10-shocking-ai-predictions-for-2026-that-break-the-internet/

10 Shocking AI Predictions For 2026 That Break The Internet

The AI future is arriving faster than anyone expected — and 2026 will change everything. What sounds impossible today could[...]

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𝕯𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖑™Dec 30
🧠🌏🧬 In a world jittering with heat waves and shrinking futures, legacy gets debugged. One father seeks immortality in grandchildren. A Tokyo anti natalist sees duty in refusal. Between extinction math and family longing, survival becomes a design problem. What persists is not blood, but consequence. #FutureShock https://www.sapiens.org/culture/japan-reproduction-death-anti-natalism-movement/
pablizDec 11

«To prophesy is extremely difficult—especially with respect to the future.»

- Chinese proverb

#future #FutureShock #AlvinToffler

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Dec 5

A quotation from C. C. Colton

Habit will reconcile us to every thing but change, and even to change, if it recur not too quickly.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 558 (1820)

More about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #change #futureshock #getusedto #habit #instability #rapidity

Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 558 (1820) - Colton, Charles Caleb | WIST Quotations

Habit will reconcile us to every thing but change, and even to change, if it recur not too quickly.

WIST Quotations
Show threadKurt FischerOct 29
Die Versammlungen für die Zukunft der Gesellschaft könnten das Mittel sein, den Gesetzgeber wieder mit seiner Basis, dem Volk, zu verbinden, die Gegenwart mit der Zukunft zu verknüpfen.« #AlvinToffler: #FutureShock (1970) 2/2