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Alexis Lloyd

Future #57: It’s getting dark

This issue of Six Signals comes to you just two days before the autumnal equinox, so if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, your days have…

Sep 20, 2021

Future #57: It’s getting dark

Sep 20, 2021

Alexis Lloyd

Future #62: Invention & reinvention

Why web3 will probably become web2 redux, interactions with information beyond the infinite list, & the latest gadgets from CES

Jan 10, 2022

Future #62: Invention & reinvention

Jan 10, 2022

Alexis Lloyd

Future #61: Technology vs. technique

We can have video games and we can have electric cars, but you probably shouldn’t put them together. This week, we look at how to tell the…

Dec 13, 2021

Future #61: Technology vs. technique

Dec 13, 2021

Alexis Lloyd

Future #60: Things that don’t suck

This issue brings news of major initiatives to pull back from the brink and rethink policies and systems in more humane ways.

Nov 29, 2021

Future #60: Things that don’t suck

Nov 29, 2021

Alexis Lloyd

Future #59: Metaverse, multiverse, or more of the same?

Buckle in, friends, because today we try super hard to get excited about Web3. (We manage to find begrudging acceptance, but stop well…

Nov 15, 2021

Future #59: Metaverse, multiverse, or more of the same?

Nov 15, 2021

Alexis Lloyd

Future #58: Disentangling the future from the past

A re-imagining of books, a slower social network, and some tips on making better predictions.

Nov 1, 2021

Future #58: Disentangling the future from the past

Nov 1, 2021

Alexis Lloyd

Future #56: Trust, creativity, & rockets

Is the present moment one of catastrophe or renewal? How do you imagine non-obvious futures? How might we think about privacy and trust in…

Sep 6, 2021

Future #56: Trust, creativity, & rockets

Sep 6, 2021

Alexis Lloyd

Future #55: Yours, mine, & ours

This week, we investigate how personal and collective identities are evolving: from the role of shared infrastructure in our lives to…

Aug 23, 2021

Future #55: Yours, mine, & ours

Aug 23, 2021

Alexis Lloyd

Future #54: Where we don’t talk about the metaverse

This week’s issue runs the gamut, from deep thinking on climate change to NFT strippers and everything in between. On the one hand, we’ve…

Aug 9, 2021

Future #54: Where we don’t talk about the metaverse

Aug 9, 2021

Alexis Lloyd

Future #53: Synthetic people in real spaces

— Alexis & Matt

Jul 30, 2021

Future #53: Synthetic people in real spaces

Jul 30, 2021

The Ethical Futures Lab investigates and applies emerging technologies in order to advocate for a more humane and empowering society.
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Alexis Lloyd
Ethical design and weird machines.
Matt Boggie
Technology and Product at The Philadelphia Inquirer

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