This week we will talk about stargazing.  For thousands of years, people have looked up at the stars, imagined pictures in the night sky, ...

  China has so many problems that it is possible that a big change is around the corner.  What form will it take?  Regime change, civil war,...

  A few weeks ago we discussed what life would be like if we were all Ferengi.    This week let’s try to imagine what the world would be lik...

With DNA editing we can improve the way our bodies function.    With robotic enhancements, we will be able to do things no human can do.    ...

Would a completely open world where all speech is allowed function properly?    It is tempting to think that if we allow everyone to say any...

What is your purpose in life?    Is it enough to eat and drink and enjoy as much of life as you can?    Or do we all need a higher purpose? ...

  There is a war raging now that will change the world stage, maybe forever.    What will happen to world politics and the world economy in ...

  We tend to think these days that we can observe and measure everything but there is a lot going on out there that we are not aware of.  Th...

  Would you rather live 1000 years in the past, or 100 years in the past, or maybe just 20 years in the past?  In the past ordinary people c...

There are some terrible empires on this planet, like North Korea and Turkmenistan.  There are also more moderate empires, like the West.  Bu...

  When robots become intelligent enough to roam the streets there could be armies of bad bots roaming around too.  How can we protect oursel...

Veganuary – a month living as a vegan!  Many people are doing it.  Are you?  Or are you doing Dry January – a month without alcohol?  Or bot...

  Recently Musk was asked to donate $6 billion to end world hunger.  Would that be possible?  Would there be no more starvation if a few bil...

  Early this year we will see the Starship from SpaceX take off.  It will be one of the most powerful things you will ever see.  Starship ...

  One of the big drivers of the future will be synthetic biology, the art of using DNA to program bacteria or yeast cells so that they will ...

  What is consciousness?  Is it something only humans have?  Or do all animals have it? Or all living things?  Or does everything that exist...

18 years after Second Life began metaverses are the new hot thing again.  Facebook, which now calls itself Meta, is making a virtual world w...

  We are within months of very strong AI being released to the public.    If you want to blow your mind, see this example:  Leta, GPT-3 AI -...

Is it possible that one company will suck up all the money and resources of the planet and eventually grow into a world government?  Some co...

  Can we send a probe to the inner earth?  We know that there is a vast ocean of lava there but there will be many surprises.  For example, ...