Friday, 21 June 2024

A Brief History Of The Future

‘Longpath’ futurist Ari Wallach’s TV show A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE has great commentary, by the likes of Neil deGrasse Tyson and George Monbiot, but also unexpectedly interviews Emmanuel Macron and Ellen MacArthur. Questions without easy answers mean this century’s problems demand imaginative solutions. 

Influential speculative-fiction is clearly not working fast enough by educational standards. Could 3D-printed homes, cyber-thumbs, or coral-farming save the world? Wallach explores naive dead-ends and inspired thinking, asking how can we safely ensure that dazzling sophistication and baffling complexity of humanity develops with sustainable results?