Future Think Tank

Ben talks about why reading is important in the age of social media and announces the beginning of a Future Think Tank series on The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff. So read and listen along every Friday from next week. As usual, email anything to [email protected].

Ben takes on the theme of ‘Will’, starting with individual desire and moving up to national and international politics. As usual, this is a sounding board for ideas, a way to think about the state of the world and to raise interesting questions about the future. Questions, feedback, anything else to [email protected]

In light of current events in Ukraine, Fake News and verifying information is once again a big news story itself. First, Ben looks at how information is recorded, transmitted and received by people as a physical process. Then he examines the various motives behind the information that is presented to us, before making a general conclusion about how we can check facts ourselves using common sense. Feedback, questions, and anything else to [email protected]

After ten months, Ben returns to steer the Future Think Tank back on track, with a reminder of what it’s all about and some ideas for the future. So jump on board and join the journey! Please contact him at [email protected] (correction: this is episode 15, not 16)

Three ideas/thoughts/facts are jettisoned into the famous Future Think Tank one at a time by Ben, Will G and Will P in our exciting new format. Listen in to see if they sink or float or whether the trio reach any eureka moments. Without spoiling too much, you’re guaranteed to hear something about sneaky Social Media tricks, brave/foolish climate change activism and an intriguingly unique new city. Be our friend and get to the end. As always, any comments, reviews or complaints to [email protected].

Ben and Future Think Tank regular Will are joined by another Will to take on the hefty topic of 2020 and some healthy speculation for 2021. We cover a wide range of topics and opinions (which are all our own). Please share with your respective echo chambers and email us at [email protected] with any libel, comments or suggestions (professional email address coming very soon).

Join Ben and Will for their third discussion on a future theme. Today’s episode examines all things ‘local’ - how the idea of local is changing and what it might look like in the future. More detailed notes to follow, in the meantime contact Future Think Tank on [email protected] with feedback, comments and suggestions.

Ben briefly reminds all you listeners about why he started this podcast and whither he hopes to travel with it. As always, email him at [email protected]

Ben and Will use ‘travel’ as a prompt for this week’s Future Think Tank group chat, examining present trends, exploring some interesting possibilities and identifying ideas for future episodes.

Ben attempts to aggregate the week’s futurist news and looks at podcast highlights and recommendations. As always, email [email protected] with comments, advice and ideas.