Fully Automated Luxury Communism - with Aaron Bastani
Virtual Futures presents Aaron Bastani in conversation on his new book, 'Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto' (Verso, 2019).
The Future Starts Here - with John Higgs
Virtual Futures presents John Higgs in conversation on his new book, 'The Future Starts Here: Adventures in the Twenty-First Century' (W&N, 2019).
Cyberattacks - with Josephine Wolff
Virtual Futures presents Josephine Wolff in conversation on her new book, You'll See This Message When It Is Too Late: The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Cybersecurity Breaches (The MIT Press, 2019).
Making Evil - with Dr. Julia Shaw
Virtual Futures presents Dr. Julia Shaw in conversation on her new book, 'Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity’s Dark Side' (Canongate, 2019).
Go Beyond - with Rupert Sheldrake
Virtual Futures presents Rupert Sheldrake in conversation on his new book 'Ways to Go Beyond And Why They Work: Seven Spiritual Practices in a Scientific Age' (Hodder & Stoughton, 2019).
Team Human - with Douglas Rushkoff & George Monbiot
Virtual Futures presents media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, in conversation with George Monbiot, to expose how the technologies designed for human connection risk becoming agents of isolation and repression.
Turned On - with Dr. Kate Devlin
Virtual Futures presents Dr. Kate Devlin (and some robotic guests) for the launch of her new book 'Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots' (Bloomsbury Sigma 2018).
Radical Visions - with Eduardo Kac
Virtual Futures presents bio-art pioneer Eduardo Kac for a conversation on transgenic art and online interventions.
Re-Engineering Humanity – with Brett Frischmann
Virtual Futures presents Brett Frischmann in conversation on his new co-authored book, ‘Re-Engineering Humanity.’
New Dark Age – with James Bridle
Virtual Futures presents James Bridle, in conversation with Sally Davies, on his new book 'New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future' (Verso Books, 2018).
Post-Truth – with Prof. Steve Fuller
Virtual Futures presents Prof. Steve Fuller to dicuss how the post-truth world-view is deeply rooted in the history and philosophy of religion, politics and science.
Harnessing Evolution – with Bret Weinstein
Virtual Futures presents evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein on how we might take human evolution out of autopilot, and the tensions between science and politics that this may cause.
Robot Sex – with John Danaher
Virtual Futures presents lecturer John Danaher, in conversation with Dr. Kate Devlin, on his new co-edited book, 'Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications' (The MIT Press, 2018).
How to Fix the Future – with Andrew Keen
Virtual Futures presents Anna Feigenbaum in conversation on her new book, Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of WWI to the Streets of Today.
Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin – with Vinay Gupta
Virtual Futures presents tech-visionary Vinay Gupta to dicuss cryptocurrencies and the uptake of the blockchain in all its applications. This event was organised in partnership with the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick as part of their 360 Lecture Series.
Tear Gas – with Anna Feigenbaum
Virtual Futures presents Anna Feigenbaum in conversation on her new book, Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of WWI to the Streets of Today.
What Algorithms Want – with Ed Finn
Virtual Futures presents Arizona State University’s Ed Finn in conversation on his new book, What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing.
End Aging – with Aubrey de Grey
Virtual Futures presents Dr. Aubrey de Grey who claims to have drawn a roadmap to defeat biological aging and proposes that that the first human beings who will live to 1,000 years old have already been born.
Weird Fiction – with M. John Harrison
Virtual Futures presents M. John Harrison, in conversation with Dr. Helen Marshall, on weird fiction and his new book, You Should Come With Me Now: Stories of Ghosts (Comma Press, 2017).
Kill All Normies – with Angela Nagle
Virtual Futures presents Angela Nagle in conversation on her new book, Kill All Normies: Online culture wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the alt-right.