Future Tense

A critical look at new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking, from politics to media to environmental sustainability.

Remember the Jevons Paradox!
Apr 25, 2025 – 0:28:38
The power and peril of the optimistic mind
Apr 18, 2025 – 0:28:38
AI's "hidden labour" and the move toward a linkless internet
Apr 11, 2025 – 0:28:37
The roots of techno-authoritarianism
Apr 4, 2025 – 0:28:38
Some challenges to conventional economic thinking
Mar 28, 2025 – 0:28:38
Civility, trash talking and more sociable cities
Mar 21, 2025 – 0:28:38
Limitarianism — could a cap on wealth reduce inequality?
Mar 14, 2025 – 0:28:38
Understanding attention and a craving for certainty
Mar 7, 2025 – 0:28:38
Flow Batteries, windships, and a new approach to off-grid solar
Feb 28, 2025 – 0:28:38
Modern museums, accountability, and openness
Feb 21, 2025 – 0:28:38
Nuclear tombs and the distant discourse of danger
Feb 14, 2025 – 0:28:38
The danger of generational labelling
Feb 7, 2025 – 0:28:38
Could Utopian thinking save democracy?
Jan 31, 2025 – 0:29:08
How to ensure privatisation serves the public good
Jan 24, 2025 – 0:29:06
The vicious cycle of fear and anger — and how it traps society
Jan 17, 2025 – 0:29:08
Algorithms create a dull conformity — off and online
Jan 10, 2025 – 0:29:08
The must-have skill for the future: Untangling unintended consequences
Jan 3, 2025 – 0:29:08
Nostalgia can make you vulnerable to manipulation
Dec 27, 2024 – 0:29:08
The artificial secret behind "natural food"
Dec 20, 2024 – 0:29:08
The role genetics could play in bringing down Methane levels
Dec 13, 2024 – 0:29:07
The cities that create rain; AI in warfare; and do carbon offsets really work?
Dec 6, 2024 – 0:29:08
Do we need new rules of war as conflict takes on a cyber dimension?
Nov 29, 2024 – 0:29:08
Whatever happened to...?
Nov 22, 2024 – 0:29:08
A declaration on future generations
Nov 17, 2024 – 0:29:08
Robots in the home – friend or foe?
Nov 8, 2024 – 0:29:08
Melting brains and climate anxiety
Nov 1, 2024 – 0:29:08
Frozen frogs, tissues and cells — the health and environmental benefits of keeping it chill
Oct 25, 2024 – 0:29:08
Sex tech, AI and the centrality of consent
Oct 18, 2024 – 0:29:08
Wolf Warrior diplomacy — Have we finally seen an end to undiplomatic diplomacy?
Oct 11, 2024 – 0:29:08
Why China has tightened its belt and road
Oct 4, 2024 – 0:29:08
The year of the poll — democracy's mega test
Sep 27, 2024 – 0:29:08
Saying goodbye to ageism — the last “acceptable” prejudice
Sep 20, 2024 – 0:29:08
AI snake oil — its limits, risks, and its thirst for resources
Sep 13, 2024 – 0:29:08
The "disruption nexus" and the power of a good crisis
Sep 6, 2024 – 0:29:08
Rediscovering the essence of Liberalism could help in the battle against authoritarianism
Aug 30, 2024 – 0:29:08
Why in the 21st century are we still talking about the political Left and Right?
Aug 23, 2024 – 0:29:08
"Anthropocene" — why the fight about a name has real world consequences
Aug 16, 2024 – 0:29:08
We're losing the dark sky and you can already feel the consequences
Aug 9, 2024 – 0:29:08
Can we afford to continue to keep pets — environmentally and financially?
Aug 2, 2024 – 0:29:08
Technology is revolutionising sport performance
Jul 26, 2024 – 0:29:08
Are the big US media platforms swallowing our culture?
Jul 19, 2024 – 0:29:08
A new push in the search for alien life
Jul 12, 2024 – 0:29:08
Technology and language — a dynamic relationship
Jul 5, 2024 – 0:29:08
Rethinking productivity and the pushback to shareholder capitalism
Jun 28, 2024 – 0:29:08
Limitarianism — could a cap on wealth reduce inequality?
Jun 21, 2024 – 0:29:08
Sucking CO2 from the air — a "Mammoth task"
Jun 14, 2024 – 0:29:08
The truth about AI – garbage in, garbage out
Jun 7, 2024 – 0:29:15
The best response to disasters: centralised strength or community mitigation?
May 31, 2024 – 0:29:08
The greatest demographic shift in a century is being ignored: single living
May 24, 2024 – 0:29:08
It's time to take the Influencer economy seriously
May 17, 2024 – 0:29:08