# Future Trends and Science Fiction

Trends in technology, business, climate change, world affairs, and politics that inspire science fiction stories.

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## [Military Robots: The Dawn of Autonomous Warfare](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/military-robots-the-dawn-of-autonomous)

_2026-07-31 · Bruce Landay_

From killer drones to AI commanders, the future of combat has already begun.

## [AI Can Predict Political Risk](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/ai-can-predict-political-risk)

_2026-06-26 · Bruce Landay_

Predictive Surveillance for Government Control AI Predicting Political Risk Future Trends and Science Fiction Bruce Landay

## [Enjoying the Summer Weather](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/enjoying-the-summer-weather)

_2026-05-22 · Bruce Landay_

Taking Time Away from my Weekly Substack Column to Focus on Writing My Next Novel

## [The AI Cyber Arms Race](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/the-ai-cyber-arms-race)

_2026-05-15 · Bruce Landay_

How AI Is Reshaping Both Cyberattacks and Cyber Defense

## [Sunlight on Demand](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/sunlight-on-demand)

_2026-05-08 · Bruce Landay_

Who Decides When the Sun Shines?

## [Do You Really Understand Me?](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/lost-in-translation)

_2026-05-01 · Bruce Landay_

Can Technology Bridge the Language Gap?

## [Dispatches From Tomorrow](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/dispatches-from-tomorrow)

_2026-04-24 · Bruce Landay_

Substack writers exploring the future before it arrives

## [The Remote-Controlled Human](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/the-remote-controlled-human)

_2026-04-17 · Bruce Landay_

How Connected Implants Blur the Line Between Autonomy and Automation

## [The Future Wasn’t an Accident](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/the-future-wasnt-an-accident)

_2026-04-10 · Bruce Landay_

How science fiction shaped today's technology

## [Electromagnetic Assault Book Launch](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/electromagnetic-assault-book-launch)

_2026-04-07 · Bruce Landay_

"Houston, we have liftoff"

## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QBii6T5t4V6g)

_2026-04-07 · **Sponsored**_

Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters.

## [Military Dogfighting](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/military-dogfighting)

_2026-04-03 · Bruce Landay_

Yesterday it was Fighter Jets, Today it's Satellites

## [Your Body, Their Profit](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/your-body-their-profit)

_2026-03-27 · Bruce Landay_

In the future, someone else might own your organs

## [Synthetic Intimacy](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/synthetic-intimacy)

_2026-03-20 · Bruce Landay_

What happens when artificial affection becomes more addictive than the real thing?

## [The Longevity Market](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/the-push-for-longevity)

_2026-03-13 · Bruce Landay_

When extra years become a luxury product

## [Autonomous Weapons: The Point of No Return](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/autonomous-weapons-the-point-of-no)

_2026-03-06 · Bruce Landay_

Who's really making the kill decisions?

## [Optimized for Outrage](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/optimized-for-outrage)

_2026-02-27 · Bruce Landay_

Arrest Videos in the Attention Economy

## [The AI Revolution Won’t Go as Planned](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/the-ai-revolution-wont-go-as-planned)

_2026-02-20 · Bruce Landay_

Embracing Uncertainty in a Transforming World

## [Replacing Pistons with Batteries](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/replacing-pistons-with-batteries)

_2026-02-13 · Bruce Landay_

How close are electric vehicles to rendering engines obsolete?

## [Patriots for Hire](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/patriots-for-hire)

_2026-02-06 · Bruce Landay_

ICE, the Secret Service, and the Rise of Mass Homeland Recruitment

## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JT0NRiJY9l1i)

_2026-02-06 · **Sponsored**_

Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI).

## [The Price of Continuous Monitoring](https://brucelanday.substack.com/p/the-price-of-continuous-monitoring)

_2026-01-30 · Bruce Landay_

What We Give Up in a World That Watches Everyone