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more about #sciencefiction tiredfairy: Technically not the future, but I want a Farscape type reality. In the sense that I want cool aliens and space travel. more » LadyBossyBoots: But, you forgot about the not too distant future... next Sunday A.D./There was a guy named Joel/Not too different from you or me. All I want in the... more » ErinLovesYou: My front tire caught a flat this morning. I want a flying car NOW! And I feel quite cheated that it isn't a reality ...yet... more » closetalker11: We get to meet the Vulcans in 2063, right? Will the universe implode if they meet Leonard Nimoy? more » johnrhoward: The popcorn button is made even stupider by the fact that a lot of microwave popcorn instructions specifically tell you not to use it. more » TransFat: Everything I ever needed to know about the future I learned from Futurama (Hey! It's in the title!) I'm even typing with a Fing-long-er! more » futuremouse: We better get cracking on this stuff. We only have two years until 2012 and then it's all over. I'm hoping for some interplanetary resort vacations ... more » sequined: The future isn't a mystery, dudes--there's this great movie about it! Check it out: In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised ... more » marshmallory: The future is not truly here until I get my Judy Jetson vanity that does my makeup and hair and dresses me. more » Gnatalby: I look forward to explaining what typing was to my grandchildren who will look with amazement at the hands where fingers once were until they became o... more » BearDownCBears: I haven't been able to steal Infinite Jest from my sister yet and read it, but I just wanted to point out that the branded future was also put forward... more » Lymed: Where do dogs pee and poop in the future that is the Jetsons? more » thelastsara: No really, why does my microwave have a "popcorn" button? More importantly, why do I always use it? You win this time, future. more » Dauphine: Don't forget: only two more years until a Dalek downloads the internet! more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: "It's al-always morning in America. Even in the after-noo-noo-noon. Heh-heh. Heh. Heh-heh." more » laurasaurus: Sunshine scared the living shits out of me, and also presented an interesting situational threat to the world. The first time I learned of the life cy... more » Lymed: What happens to the dishes from the replicator? Do they disintegrate after you eat them? Are there giant garbage ships carrying dishes used for just... more » la.donna.pietra: Brazil! Da da da, da dadadada. Da da da, da dadadada... more » hortense: All I really want from the future is a Hoverboard. And a nice job at Spacely Sprockets. I don't think that's asking for too much. more » ahpooks: I always liked Philip K. Dick's vision of the future, and I think Blade Runner and Minority Report did a good job representing it. more » -
#backtothefuture
The Future Is Now: An End-Of-Decade Look At Things To Come
It's about to be 2010, which means: The Future! But what will that look like? To find out, let's take a tour through some famous visions of the future in TV and film. More » -
#literatureandlife
Danticat & Diaz On Writing, Justice, And Being A "Nerd Of Color"
At their New Yorker Festival reading on Friday, Junot Diaz and recent MacArthur Genius Grant winner Edwidge Danticat talked about writing with kids, being marginalized as a "nerd of color," and why it's so hard to change the world. More » -
#malibuhura
To The Dream House, Spock!
Geeks rejoice! Mattel is releasing Star Trek Barbies in time for the new Trek movie this summer. Now you can make Kirk and Spock get it on, just like Barbie and Barbie used to. [Reuters] -

