Illustration by Daniel Pelavin
The Origins of Futurism
The celebrated science fiction writer and author of Tomorrow Now, explains why you don't need to be clairvoyant to predict the future
By Bruce Sterling
Looking Back on the Limits of Growth
Forty years after the release of the groundbreaking study, were the concerns about overpopulation and the environment correct?
By Mark Strauss
How to Become the Engineers of Our Own Evolution
The "transhumanist" movement says better technology will enable you to replace more and more body parts—even your brain
By Abigail Tucker
Before the Jetsons, Arthur Radebaugh Illustrated the Future
In the 1950s and '60s, the newspaper cartoonist dreamed up a madcap American utopia, filled with flying cars and fantastical skyscrapers
By Matt Novak
Dear Science Fiction Writers: Stop Being So Pessimistic!
Neal Stephenson created the Hieroglyph Project to convince sci-fi writers to stop worrying and learn to love the future
By Annalee Newitz
Bruce McCall Illustrates the Future That Wasn't
According to past predictions, we should be living in an era of flying cars and other marvels. But be glad that some advances haven't happened
By Bruce McCall
The iPad of 1935
Yep, there was an app for that.
By Matt Novak
