The Deepening Paradox (Updated)
In two recent articles, Lukáš Likavčan refers to an old article of mine that’s hard to find. I’ve updated it and include it here for his readers (and you)
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Karl Schroeder helps you achieve "earned" optimism about the future using a mix of wild science fiction speculation and hard-nosed strategic foresight. Paid subscribers get new serialized fiction, deeper analyses, and more input to the process.
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Live-Demoing Limitless Telepresence at 2026 WorldCon
If you're in Anaheim between August 27 and the 31st, drop by the the LT booth and remote-control a real rover on a simulated Lunar surface
Choice of Weapons
How to Write? Longhand on paper? Typewriter? Word Processor? Scrivener or Obsidian? Each medium comes with consequences
'Fessing Up
I owe you an explanation.
Deadline's Fast Approaching for Protopian Prize Submissions
Let's do some foresight through fiction.
The Books Have Arrived!
I've got a nice stack of Laika's Ghost hardcovers by my desk. I guess I know what I'm doing this weekend.
The Ambiguist (or, What Comes After Science Fiction?)
SF is the canary in technology's coal mine. But can we take the useful service it provides, and institutionalize it?
Giving it Back With a Giveaway
My paying subscribers made it possible for me to publish "Laika's Ghost." It's out now, and you can have a free copy.
Where Do You Make the Cut?
Is AI doing something to us that we have no language to describe? If so, are all our responses, based on what we know and can say, inadequate to the situation?
Don't Save This World. Design the Next One
A refresher on what Unapocalyptic is all about
Forget Saving the World. Tell Us What 'Better' Looks Like
Picture a future that may not be perfect, but is attainable.