Stories tagged with jamais cascio

Jamais Cascio: Finding a Little Comfort Fifteen Minutes into the Future

Posted by Prof. Goose on May 22, 2008 - 1:15am
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: depletion, future, jamais cascio, resource crisis [list all tags]

After a day like today--I feel like I have been on a herky-jerky roller coaster for ten hours straight--I think we need some comforting thoughts. Jamais Cascio, someone I respect greatly, obliges:

http://www.openthefuture.com/2008/05/fifteen_minutes_into_the_futur.html

My thoughts under the fold.

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From the Editor's Desk: Peak Oil, Heretical Thought, Complexity, and the Future of The Oil Drum

Posted by Prof. Goose on November 11, 2006 - 11:32am
Topic: Sociology/Psychology
Tags: future, futurists, heretics, jamais cascio, jerry michalski, leif utne [list all tags]

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the direction of The Oil Drum. Much of my thinking on this set of ideas has been brought about by some soul-searching, trying to understand the problems we face as a community, and then figuring out how to "positively push the future." My thoughts under the fold.

[editor's note, by Prof. Goose] If you haven't done so yet, check out this podcast of the Jerry Michalski interview that was one of the forces prompting this post.

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