Category Archives: Futurism and the Tomorrow Mill

Emphasizing the traditional futurist components of “youth, speed, power, and technology finding expression in cinema and culture.”

One Nano-Second Before the Big Bang

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

    What happened one second before the big bang? This is probably one of the most perplexing questions ever asked. Answering it means solving the riddles about where we all came from and the meaning of life. Rather profound inquiries, … Continue reading →

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Evolution Makes Us Really Bad Futurists. . . But Really Good At Painting Sad Pictures

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Let’s travel back in time, let’s say, 100-thousand years. Give or take a few centuries. Your choice. I know some of us would not be caught dead in the Middle Paleolithic Period. That’s okay. I understand. For all of you, … Continue reading →

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Shelled Reptiles and Our Shrinking Wall Calendars: A New Way to Perceive Time

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

During the 1830s, Charles Darwin, the father of modern-day evolutionary theory, visited the Galapagos Islands on a ship named The HMS Beagle. He researched much of the islands’ flora and fauna and wildlife as he was beginning to shape the … Continue reading →

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The Cult of the Nibblers

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

I’ve personally gotten so much out of blogging and interacting with the brilliant people of the internet. It has edified my life. I felt it was time for me to give back. I invented a new job for the down … Continue reading →

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Sacrilege Will Save Us Today / Addiction Will Save Us Forever

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

(How To Surivive the Coming, Possible, Maybe End of Humanity) Part Two of a Two Part Series I want someone to debate me about this idea. I’m not a robot-builder or a computer programmer. I’m just a regular guy who … Continue reading →

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Sacrilege Will Save Us Today / Addiction Will Save Us Forever

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

Part One of a Two-Part Series You have likely heard about the coming singularity. As futurist Ray Kurzweil envisions, it is the moment when our machinery finally begins to outsmart us. For some, this is the promise of technology. A … Continue reading →

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The Cyborgs Are Coming! The Cyborgs Are Coming! And They Are Us

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

Time zones are theoretical. They are imaginary lines (usually dotted) drawn from the north to the south pole on most maps. If you cross over one of these spaces in our analog lives, your clock is supposed to reflect it … Continue reading →

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Act Like Robots So Humanity Can Survive

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

The Paradox of Free Will During Information Overabundance I hope you can read to the end of this sentence. If you have come this far, you may have what it takes to continue until the end of this blog post. … Continue reading →

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Now That You’re Gone, We Love You

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

Why the Future is a Great Time To Be Dead The dead are living pretty exciting lives these days. More exciting than many of us who are still breathing. If you went to the mega-music festival called Bonnaroo in 2012, … Continue reading →

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Politics in a Post-Idea World

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

We live in a post-idea world. That is according to a 2011 article in the New York Times. And many other thinkers and creators echo this idea. It’s almost as if the 20th century was the century of big ideas. … Continue reading →

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