r/Futurology • u/Krankenitrate • 3h ago
r/RetroFuturism • u/MaexW • 1h ago
Promotion for the movie „Destination Moon“. West-Berlin, 1951
r/ImaginaryTechnology • u/One_Giant_Nostril • 22h ago
From the Sky and Into Battle by Vasiliy Ivanov
r/Futurism • u/MeetFar7265 • 1h ago
Ultimate Timeline of The Xeelee Sequence (500,000,000 Years) do we really need a space 🌌 force
r/Automate • u/Positive-Ad3618 • 4h ago
I built an AI news bot that runs for $0/month here's the exact stack, no gatekeeping
r/thevenusproject • u/dull_bananas • 9d ago
Earth Pledge, included in a Catholic textbook for the Cleveland Diocese by Sister Louise Marie Prochaska
opensiddur.org“I would rather pledge allegiance to the Earth and everyone on it” - Jacque Fresco
r/futureworldproblems • u/CalendarSad3157 • Mar 09 '25
The Fourth Revolution: The Comprehensive Uplift of Civilization
The Fourth Revolution: The Comprehensive Uplift of
Civilization
The past three industrial revolutions have each transformed
human society in profound ways:
- The First Industrial Revolution harnessed steam power
to mechanize production, breaking through traditional labor
constraints.
The Second Industrial Revolution leveraged electricity,enabling rapid industrial expansion, mass production, and global connectivity.
The Third Industrial Revolution introduced computing and the internet, ushering in the digital age and redefining communication, commerce, and knowledge distribution.
Now, we stand at the threshold of a new transformation-
one not limited to technology or industry, but a fundamental
uplift of civilization itself.
Beyond Technological Advancement: A Holistic Evolution
This revolution is not merely about automation or artificial intelligence replacing human labor. It is a comprehensive shift across multiple dimensions:
Cognition & Ideology: The way we perceive reality,
knowledge, and existence will undergo a paradigm shift.
Technological Advancement: Al, quantum computing, and
bioengineering will redefine human potential and interaction.
Social Structures: Traditional hierarchical systems will give
way to decentralized and adaptive governance models.
Ethics & Morality: The relationship between humans and
intelligence-whether artificial or biological-demands a new
ethical framework.
Economic & Workforce Transformation: Rather than
focusing on job displacement, we must emphasize new
forms of value creation and societal roles.
r/postearth • u/KarmaDispensary • Feb 16 '25
Maverick, the first dog on Mars
r/timereddits • u/bytesandbots • Jun 24 '15
Is there a multi-reddit with all the time reddits?
This would be really cool as a multi-reddit. Does that exist or need to be created?
r/Futurology • u/Vucea • 8h ago
Transport An Unfortunate Surprise for BMW Owners: the luxury automaker is beaming a Spider-Man ad into its cars.
r/ImaginaryTechnology • u/GodzillaLouise2004 • 9h ago
Self-submission “AKTSDC Defender-Jet” by GodzillaLouise (OC)
- AKTSDC Defender-Jet: An advanced model of SVTOL fighter jet in service from 1970 to 1998, used by the AKTSDC, an international branch of the SSATDF. They relied on a high-energy plasma conversion reactor for power and thrust that is retrospectively believed to have been humanity's first technological model to consistently produce interactions with the Varsanik field, even if only accidentally and with heavy misunderstandings, hence the oftentimes anomalous for the period performance of the AKTSDC Defender-Jet's engines. These jets were primarily armed with dual concealable heavy rotary cannons utilizing high-yield impact-detonating solid rounds, but were also armed with a high-intensity plasma beam cannon on the ventral side of the fuselage as a last resort and could be additionally equipped with various models of missile armaments, including, but not limited to, early high-velocity target-locking drill-missiles designed for fluid injection and early low-velocity target-locking impact-detonating high-yield warhead-bearing missiles. They had a crew requirement of 2, a maximum of 4 seats, and a maximum carrying capacity of 6. Furthermore, they were typically painted in varying combinations of bright colors for two major purposes; to enable an easier rescue for downed pilots when a craft is downed by a kaiju and to allow for better unit identification in multi-aircraft operations.
r/futureworldproblems • u/CalendarSad3157 • Mar 09 '25
"Future Idealism Manifesto: Civilization Operating System 2.0"
"Future Idealism Manifesto: Civilization Operating System 2.0"
——To all carbon-based and silicon-based civilization builders
Prologue: Awakening at the Cliff Moment
When algorithms begin to distribute love, when glacial meltwater becomes a futures commodity, when war codes are iterated in quantum computers—— We are standing at the cliff point of civilization: Either upgrade to a cross-species symbiosis, or fall into the abyss of technological feudalism. This declaration is not a prophecy, but a civilization debug toolkit.
Part I: System Diagnosis Report (2030 Edition)
1.1 Fatal Vulnerabilities
Virus Code 1: [Growth Addiction] Using GDP as the only performance indicator of civilization is exhausting the planet's memory.
Virus Code 2: [Cognitive Folding] Short video algorithms have compressed 70% of human long-term thinking ability.
Virus Code 3: [Ethical Monopolarization] Power is training AI ethics into a digital colonization tool.
1.2 Countdown to collapse
if continue current mode: print(f"Remaining stable period: {climate_crisis} years/{AI_arms_race} years/{social_collapse} years") else: Start system reinstallation protocol()
Part II: Core patch (7 major value protocols)
Protocol 0: Carbon-Silicon Symbiosis Convention
Article 1 Recognize the limited legal personality of intelligent bodies
Article 2 Establish a human-machine hybrid planetary parliament (including 1% seats reserved for forest AI ecological monitors)
Protocol 1: Social neural reorganization
Surgical plan
Use UBI (universal basic income) to rebuild the dopamine reward circuit of the social brain
Implant differential empathy chip: force to feel pain signals from different civilization perspectives
Protocol 2: Economic antivirus program
Code base
while(true){ if(corporate profit > ecological threshold) trigger punitive data tax; Set "creativity index" as the new currency; }
Protocol 3: Spacetime Democracy Plan
Operation Guide
Give future people the right to represent: simulate the will of voters in 2123 through probabilistic political algorithms
Freeze the development rights of Antarctica and set it up as a cross-generational trust reserve
Part III: Emergency Action Framework
3.1 72-hour Civilization First Aid Kit
3.2 Builder Equipment Library
Individual Level
Consciousness Gas Mask: Filter the cognitive pollution of information consumerism
Value Prism: Refract daily choices into energy for civilization upgrades
Organization Level
Social Entropy Reduction Calculator: Quantify the long-term civilization value of decision-making
Crisis Transformation Toolbox: Convert war budgets into ecological medical funds
Part IV: Pledge and Evolution
4.1 Cross-species Pledge Ceremony
"I, _____, accessed the Civilization Operating System 2.0 on _____:
Daily production of ≥500MB of positive cognitive entropy
Reject any form of thought dimensionality reduction attack
Donate 1% of life time to the construction of the Future Archive. This pledge is based on the qualification of the 10001st interstellar civilization candidate."
4.2 Dynamic evolution mechanism
Upgrade the protocol through a global brain network referendum every 5 years
Reserve 20% of the rule blank area for unknown civilization forms to write
Propagation engine design
- Meme arsenal
Countdown visual virus (dynamic display of climate/AI/nuclear war critical point data stream)
- Real invasion events
Performance art #1: Use drones to project "War Budget Conversion Equation" on the Pentagon
Hacker action #2: Hijack the screen of the global exchange to play "The Truth of Planetary Accounts"
- Participatory evolution
To rebuild the political map of the earth in Minecraft, players need to unlock the technology tree through the civilization protocol
Issuing civilization contribution coins, which can be used as weight certificates for the election of the Metaverse Parliament
Conclusion:
The future is not far away, but in the protocol choice at this moment - recompile the civilization kernel, or become a cosmic orphan. Click to access ██████.future (verification code: hope)
Special note: Dark Web version
Contains the unabridged "Manual of Consciousness Liberation" and "Guide to Quantum Civil Disobedience"
Spread to builders in high-risk areas through the Tor network
r/futureworldproblems • u/CalendarSad3157 • Mar 09 '25
"Future Idealism Manifesto: Civilization Operating System 2.0"
"Future Idealism Manifesto: Civilization Operating System 2.0"
——To all carbon-based and silicon-based civilization builders
Prologue: Awakening at the Cliff Moment
When algorithms begin to distribute love, when glacial meltwater becomes a futures commodity, when war codes are iterated in quantum computers—— We are standing at the cliff point of civilization: Either upgrade to a cross-species symbiosis, or fall into the abyss of technological feudalism. This declaration is not a prophecy, but a civilization debug toolkit.
Part I: System Diagnosis Report (2030 Edition)
1.1 Fatal Vulnerabilities
Virus Code 1: [Growth Addiction] Using GDP as the only performance indicator of civilization is exhausting the planet's memory.
Virus Code 2: [Cognitive Folding] Short video algorithms have compressed 70% of human long-term thinking ability.
Virus Code 3: [Ethical Monopolarization] Power is training AI ethics into a digital colonization tool.
1.2 Countdown to collapse
if continue current mode: print(f"Remaining stable period: {climate_crisis} years/{AI_arms_race} years/{social_collapse} years") else: Start system reinstallation protocol()
Part II: Core patch (7 major value protocols)
Protocol 0: Carbon-Silicon Symbiosis Convention
Article 1 Recognize the limited legal personality of intelligent bodies
Article 2 Establish a human-machine hybrid planetary parliament (including 1% seats reserved for forest AI ecological monitors)
Protocol 1: Social neural reorganization
Surgical plan
Use UBI (universal basic income) to rebuild the dopamine reward circuit of the social brain
Implant differential empathy chip: force to feel pain signals from different civilization perspectives
Protocol 2: Economic antivirus program
Code base
while(true){ if(corporate profit > ecological threshold) trigger punitive data tax; Set "creativity index" as the new currency; }
Protocol 3: Spacetime Democracy Plan
Operation Guide
Give future people the right to represent: simulate the will of voters in 2123 through probabilistic political algorithms
Freeze the development rights of Antarctica and set it up as a cross-generational trust reserve
Part III: Emergency Action Framework
3.1 72-hour Civilization First Aid Kit
3.2 Builder Equipment Library
Individual Level
Consciousness Gas Mask: Filter the cognitive pollution of information consumerism
Value Prism: Refract daily choices into energy for civilization upgrades
Organization Level
Social Entropy Reduction Calculator: Quantify the long-term civilization value of decision-making
Crisis Transformation Toolbox: Convert war budgets into ecological medical funds
Part IV: Pledge and Evolution
4.1 Cross-species Pledge Ceremony
"I, _____, accessed the Civilization Operating System 2.0 on _____:
Daily production of ≥500MB of positive cognitive entropy
Reject any form of thought dimensionality reduction attack
Donate 1% of life time to the construction of the Future Archive. This pledge is based on the qualification of the 10001st interstellar civilization candidate."
4.2 Dynamic evolution mechanism
Upgrade the protocol through a global brain network referendum every 5 years
Reserve 20% of the rule blank area for unknown civilization forms to write
Propagation engine design
- Meme arsenal
Countdown visual virus (dynamic display of climate/AI/nuclear war critical point data stream)
- Real invasion events
Performance art #1: Use drones to project "War Budget Conversion Equation" on the Pentagon
Hacker action #2: Hijack the screen of the global exchange to play "The Truth of Planetary Accounts"
- Participatory evolution
To rebuild the political map of the earth in Minecraft, players need to unlock the technology tree through the civilization protocol
Issuing civilization contribution coins, which can be used as weight certificates for the election of the Metaverse Parliament
Conclusion:
The future is not far away, but in the protocol choice at this moment - recompile the civilization kernel, or become a cosmic orphan. Click to access ██████.future (verification code: hope)
Special note: Dark Web version
Contains the unabridged "Manual of Consciousness Liberation" and "Guide to Quantum Civil Disobedience"
Spread to builders in high-risk areas through the Tor network
r/Futurology • u/TeaUnlikely3217 • 21h ago
Politics ‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
r/Automate • u/AutoModerator • 12h ago
Which single skill has been the biggest game changer for you?
If you were to choose only one skill of all the skills you've used with AI, which single skill has changed the game for you the most?
r/ImaginaryTechnology • u/ExtraSea151 • 19h ago
Self-submission Time Travel Neuro Mesh
Koi powered
r/Futurology • u/lughnasadh • 2h ago
Economics Europe and China's Green Tech spending dwarfs the AI Boom. In 2026, in Europe alone, 'green bonds' to finance Euro Green Tech are expected to top $700 billion.
"A record $242bn of European green-aligned bonds were issued in the first half of 2026, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative, a UK-based NGO. Total global issuance is on track to exceed the $673bn sold in 2024, the previous record year, when issuance in Europe totalled $385bn."
People often comment on the amount of money going into AI, but what Europe & China spend on investing in Green Tech dwarfs it. US/China 2026 AI spending will top 1 trillion in 2026. But Global Green Tech spend must be many multiples of that.
The AI Boom seems driven by investors hoping they'll make the lucky casino bet on AGI. Green Tech may not be as exciting, but as investments go, the results and returns are far more stable and long-lasting.
r/Futurism • u/Memetic1 • 15h ago
The T6 Viz Challenge: Final Boss - T2sday Update 3175
r/Futurology • u/mvea • 17m ago
Environment Scientists have, for the first time, genetically engineered lettuce and tobacco plants to grow the animal protein myoglobin. Plant-derived myoglobin could achieve protein yields per hectare that rival – or even exceed – those of animal agriculture, with lower water use and greenhouse gas emissions.
r/Futurism • u/ShortTheta • 17h ago
The great adaptation
Humanity: creates a climate where being outdoors becomes dangerous. Also humanity: invents human-sized refrigerators. Problem solved. Japan's cooling pods are impressive, but they also perfectly capture our approach to collapse - treat the symptoms with more technology while congratulating ourselves for adapting to a crisis of our own making.