Future Tense

343 Episodes

1. The manufacturing of "natural food" and how tech can demystify what we eat

   Published: 4/04/2024
2. Self-destructive behaviour — the enemy within 

   Published: 28/03/2024
3. Fear and anger – the complicated emotions that govern our world

   Published: 21/03/2024
4. Algorithmic homogeny – why everything looks and feels the same

   Published: 17/03/2024
5. The weaponisation of nostalgia; and has culture come to a standstill?

   Published: 10/03/2024
6. Are we really becoming more isolated and less community minded?

   Published: 3/03/2024
7. TikTok's superstar economy – how live-streaming is turning social media into a game played for money

   Published: 25/02/2024
8. Conversing with aliens and 'decentering' the human

   Published: 18/02/2024
9. Does AI show we overestimate our human creativity? And what does creativity mean anyway?

   Published: 11/02/2024
10. Growing houses and running computers with help from bacteria — the future of synthetic biology

    Published: 4/02/2024
11. Building a new social contract 

    Published: 28/01/2024
12. The Great Regression and the "kidification" of adulthood

    Published: 21/01/2024
13. Research productivity and innovation is declining

    Published: 14/01/2024
14. Managerialism ... and what it means for work

    Published: 7/01/2024
15. Turning our back on alcohol

    Published: 31/12/2023
16. Who are the beneficiaries of climate change?

    Published: 24/12/2023
17. The Great Plunder – curbing human creativity through mass theft

    Published: 17/12/2023
18. Sweltering Cities – the cost of exponential urbanisation

    Published: 10/12/2023
19. Technology churn versus digital Inclusion

    Published: 3/12/2023
20. How ancient trees could help in the fight against climate change

    Published: 26/11/2023