big tech wants to control our future, but there are other paths we can choose instead. on "other futures" we bring together leading tech researchers, organizers, critics, and storytellers to help us imagine what more liberatory and human-centered tech futures could look like—and how we can build them together. brought to you by DAIR and the All Tomorrows Institute.
The Future Is Not Tech-Forward
On artificial intelligence, data centers, technological politics, and who gets to build the future.
What’s the best technology that doesn’t exist yet?
We analyzed 100+ conversations and essays on positive futures to find out
Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem | Aeon Essays
Tech titans claim the genre inspired them. But all they’ve done is graft their politics onto stories of a better future
Four Futures
We are in a moment where the future is both wildly exciting and highly uncertain. The future state and greatest opportunities are likely determined by the axes: rate of advancement and the openness of the frontier models.
FF26 – This is not the tech I signed up for! – An approach to permacomputing - Darío Gutiérrez Mori
Publications
(Re)envisioning and creating just and sustainable futures for information technologies.
Reality Blind - Vol. 1
Integrating the Systems Science Underpinning Our Collective Futures
100 years of whatever this will be
What if all these weird tech trends actually add up to something? Last time, we explored why various bits of trendy technology are, in my o...
Advancing Women & Technology: Empowering Futures Through Digital Skills: 2025: News and Resources: About Us: Center of Excellence for Women & Technology: Indiana University Bloomington
In today’s fast-paced digital world, technology isn’t just a career path-it’s a compelling tool for empowerment.
Silicon Valley, disruption, and the end of uncertainty
This paper reflects on the relationship between high-tech disruption narratives and uncertainty. My main argument is that an economic sociology of the future is incomplete without addressing the ‘d...
tech isn’t the future it’s just capitalism faster
responding with slowness in relations
Folk Tech Futures Workshop & Atmospheric Afterpartea · Luma
Join us for our next in-person Folk Tech event! What could the future look like in a world of open protocols and community-driven technology? What could we do…
Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
A witty, often terrifying that chronicles our transform…
