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SOURCE: The Atlantic
5/15/2020
The Conspiracy Museum: A Speculative Address
by Robin Sloan
Where might the spread of conspiratorial thinking and evidence-free discourse lead? Read the opening address for the Smithsonian Museum of American Conspiracy from the year 2041.
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3/22/2020
Our Stories Will Carry Us to the Future. Can They Save Us Now?
by David Farrier
To avert a climate disaster, science is essential, but we also need stories. We know ourselves first and foremost in the tales we tell.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/17/19
Why we are obsessed with forecasting and futurism
by Devon Powers
The history of predicting the future.
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