Episode 45: How to Future: A Conversation with Scott Smith & Madeline Ashby

19/11/2020 1h 6min

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Episode Synopsis

In this conversation, Philip spends time the authors of How To Future, Scott Smith and Madeline Ashby. The three of them dissect the lessons of the book How To Future and discuss how the roadmap outlined in their work applies to and shapes our notions of “futurism”
The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.
Philip’s Drop:
* David Byrne’s American Utopia (https://www.hbo.com/specials/american-utopia)
Madeline’s Drop:
* Hench – Natalie Zina Walschots (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/hench-natalie-zina-walschots?variant=32123357921314)
Scott's Drop:
* Devs (https://medium.com/@changeist/in-devs-silicon-valley-gets-its-own-well-deserved-folk-horror-fa5a6f75bcc1)
* Dark (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5753856/)
* The Third Day (https://www.hbo.com/the-third-day)
* If Then – Jill Lapore (https://scholar.harvard.edu/jlepore/publications/if-then-how-simulmatics-corporation-invented-future)
Special Guests: Madeline Ashby and Scott Smith.