Foresight in geopolitics, global trends, and security affairs (with an eye on science fiction)
Washington, DC
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"A Delaware proposal to let companies be operated by AI agents would help the firms’ human owners evade legal responsibility for reckless and harmful actions taken by the AI." arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…
My favorite captain.
Patrick Stewart, who will be remembered most for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and as Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” films, has died at 86.
variety.com/2026/tv/news/pat…
Columbia sportswear offers the chance for "someone useful" to win a bunker, in a 2-page newspaper ad.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Inferno," which came out 10 years ago today.
Among the problems with this: the Thanos-wannabe billionaire didn’t do his homework — population growth peaked in the 1960s and has been waning ever since.
How can they be so fond of "Lord of the Rings" and not call these wargs? techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/be…
Geofutures retweeted
Rest in Peace Walter Koenig. Thank you for navigating us through the final frontier, and bringing us such joy through your years of activism, writing, and memorable characters like the joyous Chekov and the sinister Bester. We're forever grateful that you lent your talents to our game. We'll see you again, in the stars.
This Saturday night picture is probably the most Halloween image I will take this year. Lighting courtesy of emergency vehicles.
Futurist at the movies: "Klara and the Sun" is out today. The book at least was a good read. I will have to see about the film. aol.co.uk/articles/klara-sun…
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Dune," which came out 5 years ago today. It was one of the best futurist films in a strong year.
"If the Trump administration launches an effort to manipulate the outcome of the midterms, the economic impact could be felt immediately, and it could last long after Mr. Trump’s presidency ends." nytimes.com/2026/10/21/opini…
Another step in America's devolution from its ideals of equality -- washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
Futurist at the movies microreview: "In Time," which came out 15 years ago today. It was one of the better futurist films of 2011, despite being more about an alt reality than our own future.
"Trump’s bullying is driving the United States’ natural partners away. The president is destroying a precious geopolitical asset: a strong continental base from which Washington projects power." foreignaffairs.com/guest-pas…
Becoming a landlocked country at the mercy of much larger neighbors, with an economy centered on a resource of declining importance, doesn't sound like the best course of action. (But at least they'd have the no-rat claim to fame.) #Alberta
Alberta heads to polls to decide whether to hold vote on separation from Canada bbc.in/4eEPgmG
"Anthropic warned Monday that within months, compact AI models could grow powerful enough to spread autonomously across commercial internet-of-things devices — including smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes — without any human involvement." qz.com/anthropic-self-replic…
AI researchers taking up smoking because they are certain AI will cure cancer somehow reminds me of the African guerrillas who wear amulets that "make them bulletproof." cbsnews.com/news/shyam-sanka…
To pay for policies to help workers amidst AI-driven job losses, "the federal government should establish a payroll tax on companies’ equity compensation." foreignaffairs.com/guest-pas…
I put Belarus on my list of countries to see before they're gone a couple of decades ago. economist.com/interactive/eu…
