What Happened to Our Dreams of the Future?
Nadia Idle, Jem Gilbert and Keir Milburn
A weird-left explanation of how the future lost its shine, with ideas from Max Weber, Kate Raworth and Jonathan White.
Tag: future
The Dune Films Are the Most Important of the 2020s. But Not for the Reasons You Think
Aaron Bastani
Technology isn't destiny.
This Man Predicted the Future. Aaron Bastani Meets Peter Turchin
History is not just one thing after another. Historians spend lifetimes figuring out how X event in medieval France impacted Y event in 20th century Polynesia – but none of these historians have truly ‘done the math’ like this week’s guest. Coming from a background in applied mathematics, Peter Turchin has gathered an unprecedented amount […]
In the Cookshops of the Future
Peter Hudis joins James Butler to gaze into the future – and explain why the left must stake a claim to it.
The 21st Century Crisis Nobody Talks About: Demographic Ageing
Humanity is getting older. But while the old outnumbering the young is one of the supreme achievements of our species, it comes with major challenges. Aaron Bastani on a crisis set to re-define societies around the world which, for the 21st century at least, is every bit as disruptive as climate change.
#Charlottesville & the Rise of Fascism
Tonight on The Fix we’ll be discussing #Charlottesville & the rise of fascism. Join Eleanor Penny, Aaron Bastani + Ash Sarkar at 8pm
How Croydon Went Red
Julian Jackson
Future Proof: Britain in the 2020s
Aaron Bastani and Eleanor Penny are joined by Mathew Lawrence from IPPR, author of Future Proof: Britain in the 2020s.
Exposing London’s Dirty Energy Complex: 5 Companies (and Industries) Causing Climate Change
Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik and Charlie Satow
Knowledge is Power: Lessons from Dystopian Fiction
Ellen Judson
Three Major Reforms to Save the Media in 2016
Traditional daily print news is virtually dead, online news paid for by ads is in crisis – what future is there for a dynamic, independent media? Aaron Bastani lays out three solutions.
Tesla, iPad Socialism and the Return of the Future
Aaron Bastani
Osborne’s Cocktail of Threats – Crisis 2016?
What are the ingredients of the Cocktail of Threats? Aaron Bastani on why George Osborne is suddenly so keen to ring the alarm about the UK economy.
‘Socialism with an iPad’: Is John McDonnell a Corbo-Futurist?
Callum Cant
Inventing the Future
This week Aaron Bastani is joined by Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek, co-editors of “Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a world without work”
Redefining the Battle Lines of the Left
Matthew Panton
Europe’s Refugee Crisis
On this week’s show Ash Sarkar, James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss Europe and migration: how much will demographic change transform the politics of the continent in coming decades?
