Karl Schroeder

@KarlSchroeder
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Science fiction writer and futurist based in Toronto. Research fellow at Human Futures Institute. I design ideas. Currently writing about how to save the world.
https://kschroeder.substack.com/
#sciencefiction #foresight #speculativedesign #writing
BooksStealing Worlds, Lockstep, The Million
ForesightHuman Futures Institute
Websitewww.kschroeder.com
PronounsHe/him

Continuing my series of mini-reviews of the essential books in my library, this week we look at a masterpiece that inspired one of my novels.

https://open.substack.com/pub/kschroeder/p/my-library-full-house?r=e18g3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#LNG : Not in Our National Interest National Campaign Launch

📅 Tuesday, March 31, 2026

🕓 4:00 PM PT/ 7:00 PM ET

📍 Zoom Webinar

https://act.stand.earth/s/4775242/6bS5o8MM

[ We’re in pretty wild times right now. In the midst of global turmoil and another oil war, our Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing hard to fast-track new fossil fuel megaprojects.

Foreign investors are pitching LNG exports as an economic cure-all for Canada. But if LNG is such an economic engine, why do they need billions of our public dollars?

That’s why we’re starting a new national campaign to pressure Prime Minister Carney and his key ministers to stop the government from giving billions more of our taxpayer money to dirty energy megaprojects that mostly benefit foreign billionaires. We want the government to start to fund the clean, renewable economy instead

You’ll hear from movement leaders and experts to learn why these foreign-owned, high-cost projects will raise energy prices at home and harm Indigenous reconciliation. Showcasing how much better the clean, renewable economy is on every measure.

We’ll also share details of exciting in-person actions happening across the country for the Week of Action in mid-April. This is our chance to tell the Carney government that Canadians say NO to more free money for big polluters, and YES to funding the clean energy economy.]

#CDNPoli #BCpoli #EndFossilFuels #CleanEnergyNow #ClimateAction #StopCorporateWelfare #NoSubsidiesForLNG #StandEarth #OneEarth #Canada #MarkCarney #Environmental #StopEcocide #AbolishLobbyists #RealBadDeal #UNDRIP #Landback #CapitalismKills #DirtyDeals #FuckCarney #MakePollutersPay #EcoJustice #Canadians #Climate

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futures i still believe are possible:
- civilization no longer depends on fossil fuels
- food, housing, physical and mental healthcare for all
- no billionaires
- full reparations to the colonized and the enslaved
- computing without big tech
- an internet without advertising
- total liberation for gender nonconforming people

I've started a new series of reviews of books that have profoundly influenced my thought and writing over the years. Starting with a classic: Ecological Imperialism.

https://open.substack.com/pub/kschroeder/p/my-library-ecological-imperialism?r=e18g3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

My novels were used to train Anthropic's Claude. Thousands of stories about AI form the collective unconscious of AI. What happens when devices loaded with preconceptions about what a world of robots would look like enter the real world?

https://open.substack.com/pub/kschroeder/p/building-the-electric-sheep

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rssabscbnnews/115831206564816117

Now how do you suppose this is going to make Canadians feel?

Be one of the first 100 civilians to remotely drive a rover on the moon in 2028. Or, give the opportunity to a friend or loved one.

https://open.substack.com/pub/kschroeder/p/put-your-own-boots-on-the-moon?r=e18g3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

We keep hearing about how AI is being used in business, or personally. But what about for designing and implementing public policy? Here's an example.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kschroeder/p/we-need-a-cop-bot?r=e18g3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true