Future America: Jetsons or Waltons?

What happened to the future? Weren’t things supposed to be cooler by now, smarter, safer? Raised on a steady diet of science fiction, overzealous politicians and corporate hype, Americans expected to be living in The Jetsons — but instead find themselves stuck in a scarier version of The Waltons.

Read this interesting Special Report on The Future, brought to us by Forbes Magazine.


Another mustread is this first chapter of the book Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years.

WAKING LIFE: 1st Artificial Life To Be Announced

Reportedly Dr Craig Venter, the DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth.

Also be sure to watch this extremely cool video prediction: scene 6 from "Waking Life".