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May 16, 2022
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April 2022
Future #67: It takes two rainbows to jump from Hawaii to seventeen
This week, we explore many aspects of machine intelligence: What does it mean, philosophically, for computers to create original texts and imagery?
Apr 25, 2022
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Alexis Lloyd
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Future #67: It takes two rainbows to jump from Hawaii to seventeen
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Future #66: On both sides of the looking glass
This week, we look at the increasingly blurred space between our virtual and physical experiences.
Apr 4, 2022
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #66: On both sides of the looking glass
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March 2022
Future #65: Where the game's made up and the points don't matter
From the philosophy of games to the memes of war, this week’s signals examine the limits of our imaginations when it comes to the future. So much of…
Mar 21, 2022
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #65: Where the game's made up and the points don't matter
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February 2022
Future #64: Bridges and boundaries
This week’s signals speak to ideas of togetherness — from recommendation systems that can forge connections rather than division, to apps that aim to…
Feb 21, 2022
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #63: Our cyborg selves
We discuss how we might want robots to care for us, when it’s appropriate to offload ethics to machines, and how it feels when everything is an avatar…
Feb 7, 2022
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #63: Our cyborg selves
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January 2022
Future #62: All that you can't leave behind
When we imagine a future, we often bring all our beliefs, prejudices, hopes, and histories along with us, leading to limiting ideas of what’s truly…
Jan 24, 2022
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #62: All that you can't leave behind
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Future #62: Invention & reinvention
Why web3 will probably become web2 redux, interactions with information beyond the infinite list, and the latest gadgets that may someday adorn your…
Jan 10, 2022
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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December 2021
Future #61: Technology vs. technique
We can have video games and we can have electric cars, but you probably shouldn’t put them together. This week, we look at how to tell the bad ideas…
Dec 13, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Future #61: Technology vs. technique
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November 2021
Future #60: Things that don't suck
This issue brings news of major initiatives to pull back from the brink and rethink policies and systems in more humane ways. Read on to learn how to…
Nov 29, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #60: Things that don't suck
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Future #59: Metaverse, multiverse, or more of the same?
Buckle in, friends, because today we try super hard to get excited about Web3. (We manage to find begrudging acceptance, but stop well short of…
Nov 15, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Future #59: Metaverse, multiverse, or more of the same?
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Future #58: Disentangling the future from the past
A re-imagining of books, a slower social network, and some tips on making better predictions.
Nov 1, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #58: Disentangling the future from the past
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September 2021
Future #57: It’s getting dark
This issue of Six Signals comes to you just two days before the autumnal equinox, so if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, your days have been and…
Sep 20, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #56: Trust, creativity, & rockets
Is the present moment one of catastrophe or renewal? How do you imagine non-obvious futures? How might we think about privacy and trust in nuanced ways…
Sep 6, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Future #56: Trust, creativity, & rockets
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August 2021
Future #55: Yours, mine, & ours
This week, we investigate how personal and collective identities are evolving: from the role of shared infrastructure in our lives to changes in how and…
Aug 23, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Future #55: Yours, mine, & ours
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Future #54: Where we don’t talk about the metaverse
This week’s issue runs the gamut, from deep thinking on climate change to NFT strippers and everything in between. On the one hand, we’ve got people…
Aug 9, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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July 2021
Future #53: Synthetic people in real spaces
Our ability to create synthetic media is only getting more uncanny, with simulated voices and images that are increasingly indistinguishable from the…
Jul 30, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Future #53: Synthetic people in real spaces
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Future #52: Everything is infrastructure
Chickens as data sources, underground warehouses, and bizarre products you don't need but really want anyway.
Jul 12, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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June 2021
Future #51: This file cabinet contains multitudes
This week, we take a look at the physical world to see how our furniture reflects social change, how our workspace contains implicit choices, and how…
Jun 28, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #51: This file cabinet contains multitudes
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Future #50: Computing as a funhouse mirror
This week’s issue is all about how reality is represented in computational systems: how our identities are reflected or distorted, how data is collected…
Jun 14, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #50: Computing as a funhouse mirror
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May 2021
Future #49: Breaking apart to make anew
A few months ago, we wrote about being in a “plastic hour”, and that the pandemic might be a portal to new possibilities. We see opportunities to remake…
May 17, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #49: Breaking apart to make anew
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Future #48: All the feels
This week’s signals focus on emotions — how they can be used for foresight, how they might be manipulated for profit, and how they might be…
May 3, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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April 2021
Future #47: The one where we’re cyborgs
This week’s signals speak to the importance of questioning the premise — ways that we can alter the underlying web to make it better, how to see what…
Apr 19, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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Matt Boggie
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Future #47: The one where we’re cyborgs
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Future #46: The shape of desirable spaces
How do we make the spaces we want to live in, both online and off? Do we innovate within the context of public works, or private markets? Once we build…
Apr 5, 2021
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Alexis Lloyd
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