Tag Archives: Vital Foresight

Three opportunities to meet offline

Posted on 26 October, 2022 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, One side-effect of Covid is that all of us have learned how to benefit from online meetings. I regard the set of online webinars hosted by London Futurists since March 2020 as a veritable treasure trove. People located … Continue reading →

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AIs, AGIs, WAIs, SAIs, and more

Posted on 15 October, 2021 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, If you’re interested in Artificial Intelligence, several of the news items that follow should catch your attention. In case your interests are more general, feel free to skip down to the items later in this newsletter. 1.) The … Continue reading →

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15 proposals for a new future for politics?

Posted on 1 October, 2021 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, Normally the start of a London Futurists event features me speaking for a few minutes as chair of the session before I hand over to the main speaker for the day. But at our webinar tomorrow, Saturday 2nd … Continue reading →

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Anticipating a sea-change in public attitude

Posted on 7 July, 2021 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, What changes the world? Sometimes an individual person can change the world. Consider Napoleon, Margaret Thatcher, Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, Martin Luther King, Catherine the Great, and Mikhail Gorbachev. Sometimes an invention changes the world. Consider the printing … Continue reading →

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Vital Foresight: open preview

Posted on 10 June, 2021 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, Over the last two weeks, I’ve had the pleasure to receive a number of very helpful pieces of feedback on the draft content of my forthcoming new book, Vital Foresight: The Case for Active Transhumanism. That feedback has … Continue reading →

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