Living at the Fulcrum
"We are living at the most important time in human history..."

The Domsday Argument
"Indulge me in a thought experiment, if you will."

No need for hope
"A few thoughts on the immortality question, prompted by Rich's piece"

Towards the Singularity
"We can only dimly discern the shape of the future, but one strong possibility is that it will contain a Vingean Technological Singularity."

The Subjective Horizon
"Will our civilisation ever establish colonies around other stars?"

Fads of the future: 'Day-freaks'
"'Day-freaks' are people who are obsessed with only one particular day in history. Everything that happened on that day is of great interest to them, but the sun might as well have never risen on the next morning for all they care..."

Immortality
"Should we strive for immortality?"

Extending the Mind
"Are we close to the limits of possible modes of thought and experience?"

A cynical view of the 'Happy Dog' future
"Happy Dog is an 'interactive agency' whose corporate literature paints a surreal picture of the world in 2005. It's not intended as science fiction, but it's funny to imagine that it was..."

The Randomisation of Culture
"As communications technology continues to encroach on the human experience... spammers will aim to pump a continual stream of randomised data directly into the brains of every human being on Earth - 24 hours a day."

The Hyperconnected Universe
"A possible but wildly optimistic future..."

The Weirdness of the Future
"What is a minimum bound on how weird the future will be?"