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architect, futurist, urban designer, rhetorician, adjunct prof and treehugger exploring urban futures, design futures, social change, among other things.

Kansas City
Joined March 2009
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Breakfast of Champions, Mother Night, Slaughterhouse Five, Cat's Cradle, Player Piano moved my young mind, the craziness and brilliance of life. Premiering at NY Film Festival Nov 7th, a documentary on Kurt Vonnegut that took a lifetime to make. bit.ly/3Cvhnj8 #films
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The Equitable Internet Initiative (EII), a collaboration between the Detroit Community Technology Project and a network of community organizations - brilliant! #cities #urbanism
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Brilliant work by @PatriciaLustig and Gill Ringland examining 11 forces changing the world for future gens, eg, #cities, #population, #ai, #mobility, #energy. amazon.com/New-Shoots-People… #sustainability For now, it's free on kindle unlimited.
Our new book is finally out and we are very proud. It is a book of hope. amazon.co.uk/dp/B09J8RJ4MK
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Extreme wildfires in US, Australia, and Russia generate tens of millions of tons of CO2, a vicious cycle exacerbating #climatechange. #sustainability
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An article from Ozy, solid writing, thanks to @josefinesalomon, and for the mention, @stevekleber. FYI, pro futurists don't predict and futures ends with an s. There's a whole slew of many possible futures, way beyond "the future." Good to be back, twitterworld.#cities #urbanism
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Pleased to contribute to this book of essays about the brilliant and influential Future Shock by Alvin Toffler as a 50 year review. Does new tech still confuse and disrupt, or have we grown used to rapid change?
“My 90-year-old mother streams Doris Day songs on her Echo speaker with just a verbal command. In sum, we manage a multitude of changes on our own terms.” —Cindy Frewen (wrting in After Shock) @Urbanverse #futureshockat50 #ai #tech #future amzn.to/2QWOCH1
Other contributors include @DavidBrin, @Naveen_Jain_CEO, @avantgame, @aubreydegrey, @KurzweilAINews, @Urbanverse, Alan Kay, @dweinberger, @paragkhanna, @futuredition, @RobotLaunch, @Accone, and @kjaerglobal, among many others. It's a seriously diverse tour of perspectives.
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Available Sept 18 Download a free preview of the book buff.ly/2CI3HqN and pre-order here buff.ly/2x5ENLJ #reimaginingtomorrow
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Foresight is serious, demanding, data-driven work. For journalists who write about the future -- interviewing only or mostly men means you're writing about the future of X with blinders on. It's an easy problem to fix.
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Driverless NYC - a competition. Reclaiming the streets, transportation for all, and more. driverlessfuture.blankspacep… #cities #4futr #urbanism – at Overland Park, KS
Using asteroid metal for 3D printing - Lewicki #globalhealthfuture s @profuturists
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Chris Lewicki Planetary Resources at APF#globalhealthfutures @profuturists
The key to helping girls succeed in STEM? Robots paper.li/StrategicLeader/sli…
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#4futr World Future Day @profuturists Poetry Slam begins.#spkfutr It's 2040, remembering the 2020s, what's come and gone, gained and lost? nitter.gq/dddraeger/status/83675…
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Replying to @profuturists
@profuturists #SpkFutr The days are long gone when we sat around the fire sharing tales of heroes dead #SpkFutr of de-livened globo sapiens