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My Library: Ecological Imperialism
As a partial answer to the perennial question "where do you get your ideas?" I'm showcasing books that have radically shifted my worldview. Here's a…
 • Karl Schroeder
Earning Optimism in 2026
What comes after what's next? That's a more important question than how we'll fare in the next five to ten years. Clues are emerging
 • Karl Schroeder
Reading, Hot and Cold
How is it that we've forgotten McLuhan, just when he's reached peak relevance? ...A little meditation on media, spatial reasoning, and reading
 • Karl Schroeder
Building the Electric Sheep
What could possibly go wrong if the training data for your domestic robot’s AI includes hundreds of science fiction stories about robots?
 • Karl Schroeder
Saving the Desktop II
Is there a real alternative to the hegemony of American computing platforms? Yes, there is--if you make a slightly different devil's bargain
 • Karl Schroeder
Stop Thinking
I mean this in the same sense as I might say 'stop crime,' of course. Thinking (including AI's version) will get us killed. What we need is reasoning.
 • Karl Schroeder
Put Your Own Boots On the Moon
Using your smartphone, you can drive a rover on the moon in 2028.
 • Karl Schroeder
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Karl Schroeder helps you achieve "earned" optimism about the future using a mix of wild science fiction speculation and hard-nosed strategic foresight. Paid subscribers get new serialized fiction, deeper analyses, and more input to the process.
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