Watershed moment or wishful thinking? : 26 year old father considers future life. Looking to the hive mind for direction. [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 17 answers

A good friend of mine just took his own life. That's not what this question is about...it's more about direction. This is long, so bear with me. [more inside]
posted on Jul 15, 2008 - 19 answers

Grammar Filter: what is the English equivalent to the "Double Future Tense"? [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - 10 answers

Please help me out with my doomsday anxiety. I need some respected, rational, realistic stuff to read about economy, oil, food, etc. in the near future and beyond. [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - 37 answers

What looks, uh, the least bad on a transcript - a C or a D w/ an A or B as a repeat grade? [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - 12 answers

Optimism Filter: What individuals, groups or publications are thinking innovatively about the future of our planet and how to get there? [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - 11 answers

I tire of the summer hiatus from academia. I live with a very strong work ethic and moral sense of duty that causes me a sort of existential crisis when my life seems to be put on hold. This feeling cannot be ignored, and cannot (seem to) be reconciled. Do you have similar experiences? I'd love to hear stories... [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2008 - 14 answers

To what extent could sleeping with my ex-girlfriend, who is now very firmly just a friend, jeopardize the acceptability/reasonability of said relationship to any future potential girlfriends? [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2008 - 52 answers

Newspapers and media: the sky is falling, the bowl is being circled. What can we do about it? Your best suggestions please. [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2008 - 19 answers

Why are we here? What started it all? What is the purpose of life? Where is technology taking us? What will happen to humans eventually? I'm looking for books that discuss the above questions. I don't want the readings to be too dry and textbook like. Thanks a bunch.
posted on Feb 23, 2008 - 23 answers

Aumented Realityfilter- Please, Me-Fites give me your examples of films/video clips of humans with built-in H.U.D.s...? [more inside]
posted on Feb 22, 2008 - 6 answers

What literature anticipated future trends, but does not have a causal link? What did the literature anticipate? I'm thinking of 1984/USA politics and Neuromancer/Internet I'm looking for some good reading material about this subject; therefore, I'm looking for these literary instances, or even books based on this subject--including reference material, or websites.
posted on Feb 8, 2008 - 18 answers

What is it called when you can't imagine the past or the future? [more inside]
posted on Jan 27, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I get wordpress to show a post as though it had been published in the future? [more inside]
posted on Jan 27, 2008 - 12 answers

US Foreign Service filter: What's it like to leave school and future career to become a trailing male spouse? [more inside]
posted on Jan 16, 2008 - 19 answers

On the way to Henry's Market to buy the avocados for guacamole, I was listening to a story on NPR about the automobile industry's unwillingness to adopt stricter mileage standards at a time when gas is $100 a barrell yadda yadda. There are plenty of examples of companies that are unwilling to adapt their business practices in changing times, like the recording industry's fiasco with peer2peer file sharing and drug companies' ip battles. I imagine three hundred years in the future we will all be driving our garbage-powered plastic flying cars (or working at home) looking back on the time when oil was this hypervalued commodity and people were willing to kill other people over it and we will think how sad a time that was. My question, then: Are there examples from the past of companies or whole industries that used to be in a situation similar to oil, big pharma, RIAA, etc. that are now less causing of worry among the general public than they used to be? My roommate suggested railroads, and that makes sense to me. Any other examples?
posted on Jan 13, 2008 - 21 answers

Should I buy a house? This one? Now? (Sticky family and personal issues involved.) [more inside]
posted on Dec 6, 2007 - 15 answers

What kinds of high-technology things exist now but will only come to light 50 or 100 years from now? Speculative, but asking for concrete answers. [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 41 answers

I am searching for examples of The Infinite, or the immeasurably large, in our mythologies and archetypes. I am also interested in the categories of Truth which came out of the emergence of Western, ontological thought. Does the trust in a rationally conceivable reality deny us the infinity of the mythological realm? By rooting ourselves in the present, and denying atemporal mythologies, do we also deny the infinite origins from where we came? [more inside]
posted on Nov 28, 2007 - 22 answers

If the world were your oyster, where would you go? [more inside]
posted on Nov 19, 2007 - 24 answers

Is Resfest coming back?? If not, what else is most like it (that has dates in NYC)? [more inside]
posted on Nov 16, 2007 - 2 answers

Where can I find the a photo of the Delorean from Back to the Future streaking off leaving a trail of flames behind it (and preferably with Dr. Emmett Brown standing behind looking dumbfounded)? [more inside]
posted on Oct 29, 2007 - 11 answers

Help me with my job problems! [more inside]
posted on Oct 7, 2007 - 18 answers

How can I send e-mail with an attachment to a group of people, including myself, and set it to be sent out at a designated future time? More details and info inside. [more inside]
posted on Oct 4, 2007 - 9 answers

Help me compile a list of movies about the future! Specifically, I'm looking for movies that state the year when they take place. [more inside]
posted on Sep 24, 2007 - 22 answers

Help me find a series of illustrated children's hardcover books from the 70s/80s about the upcoming technologies of "The Future" [more inside]
posted on Jul 10, 2007 - 11 answers

When I was a kid, my local library had a great selection of illustrated books focusing on the hypothectical future of space travel, life in space stations, space craft, planetary exploration. Some were pretty far out, but the most memorable were kind of "2001" in their theme and a bit more serious. After several google missions, and a swing through amazon's used and rare books, I've come up pretty much empty handed. Anyone else out there remember flipping through these books and planning your first trip to mars? Titles, authors, links or any hint what so ever would be appreciated!
posted on Jul 6, 2007 - 18 answers

I just graduated cum laude with a degree in Liberal Arts and a minor in Philosophy from CSU (thats Colorado State). Assume my primary motivation is simply to make as much money as possible as fast as possible, ethically (not damaging the environment, breaking any laws, selling shoddy products, no corruption, etc). What should I do? [more inside]
posted on Jun 5, 2007 - 15 answers

Please help me figure out a career. And help me move in that direction, before I finish my degree. ...alternately, help me find a job that would will look good on a resume in a few years! [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2007 - 16 answers

I recived my degree in psychology 4 years ago, rather than pursuing my masters or getting work experience directly related to psycholgy i chose to get a job in sales. I have done well and managed to pay back all my college debt(loans, credit cards). Now i'm at a point where i am burnt out from sales and I want to utilze my degree. The problem i;m running into is that most of the jobs require masters degrees(which i plan to get) or prior psyc related experience. [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2007 - 6 answers

I saw a guy with an olive green shirt that had several rifles lined up in silhouette on front. In the middle of the rifles was a pink silhouette of a guitar. The back left shoulder had a small badge that said "Music is the weapon of the future" on it. Where can I find this shirt for sale? The person wearing it said it was a gift and he didn't know where it came from.
posted on Apr 12, 2007 - 9 answers

My partner has just been caught for plagiarism. I don't know many details because she won't talk about it, but I want to know what effect this will have on her future. [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2007 - 36 answers

I'm about to graduate and have no clue about the options for my future, and no one to talk to about it. Help me get a clue. [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2007 - 13 answers

I think I'm finally done with undergrad. I have no interest in grad school right now. I don't want a career in my area of study. How does one go about finding a good apprenticeship/internship in an interesting trade? I've been going to school now for around 20 years and I've yet to learn a skill that I can earn a living with. [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2006 - 18 answers

WiiFilter: Long-term love or short-term crush? [more inside, obviously] [more inside]
posted on Dec 18, 2006 - 23 answers

I want to buy 20 acres in Canada so that I have a refuge and a windfall when the coming global apocolypse comes down, I'm ready. Where can I buy now that would be the best investment, esp. for not much money? [more inside]
posted on Dec 16, 2006 - 22 answers

What exactly did Doc Brown mean in this Back to the Future II clip? [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2006 - 37 answers

How long would it take for the Empire State Building to vanish without a trace? [more inside]
posted on Nov 16, 2006 - 25 answers

Is there a word for missing something that hasn't happened? Yearning for a future that can no longer come to fruition? Extra bonus points if there's something in another language (especially Ancient Greek!).
posted on Nov 6, 2006 - 14 answers

Help me travel to the future (in Tokyo)! [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2006 - 18 answers

I'm trying to imagine what MySpace looks like in 2010. Now, of course, it’s unlikely that MySpace will be what all the cool kids are talking about in 4 years, but you get the idea. Let’s call it MySpace2010.com. It’s the most popular social network of its day. How is it different from MySpace in 2006? [more inside]
posted on Oct 12, 2006 - 15 answers

I'm looking for additional information related to Ambient Networking and Contextual Awareness, especially as it relates to wireless networking systems. [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2006 - 12 answers

Could you suggest good visionary (realized or unrealized) architecture and urbanism books ? I'd be interested in well illustrated books. I can afford a 50 to 150 dollars book on that topic. I'd like to find things like that.
posted on Jul 21, 2006 - 18 answers

I'm on the hunt for sites and/or blogs about big ideas... Who wants to join me? [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2006 - 17 answers

What bleeding-edge technology websites do you frequent? [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2006 - 9 answers

Say that interethnic breeding has created a homogenous-looking mixed-race human species in the far-flung future. What kind of effect would this have on biodiversity? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2006 - 22 answers

Is there a website that lists failed science fiction predictions, and successful ones? [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2006 - 13 answers

I turn 20 in April. I figure if I'm lucky, what with advances in healthcare, I might just make it to 2100, when I'll be 114. What can I do to get further into the future than that? So far I've come up with (perhaps in order of likelihood) cryogenics, genetic modification, becoming a cyborg, and a faster than light round trip (time dilation). Any more?
posted on Mar 14, 2006 - 31 answers

How do I come to terms with living in a city I'm not crazy about? [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2005 - 22 answers

I'm happy for the first time in my life. Really, amazingly happy. Only, I still have lots of big goals I'd like to accomplish in my life, and I'm worried that any moves I make toward these goals will take me away from the things I love so much about my life. What should I do? [more inside]
posted on Nov 21, 2005 - 18 answers