Insights April 19th, 2017

On April 18th, 2017, Nikolas Badminton hosted the Meetup group Canada Futurists: Vancouver met to discuss the Future of Love and Sex.

Be warned, all of the content here may not be acceptable for those under 18 or to be viewed at work.

We had Marina Adshade there and here is her TEDxVancouver talk (and you can find her book here):

Here are some links from this great meetup – thanks for coming.

What Love Is: And What It Could Be by Carrie Jenkins

5 Surprising Statistics About Non-Monogamy

New Sexual Revolution: Polyamory May Be Good for You

Chinese man ‘marries’ robot he built himself
The Uncanny Lover
Making the World’s First Male Sex Doll
VR Tenga Demo
Virtual Reality Suit Let’s Men Experience Intercourse For The First Time

VR anime girl app scratches as many otaku itches as possible while virtually cleaning your ears

Meet Davecat – The 40-year-old who has shunned ‘organic women’ to marry a synthetic doll and keep another as a mistress

‘We don’t hurt anybody, we are just happy’: Woman reveals she has fallen in love with a ROBOT and wants to marry it

First baby born using 3-parent technique to treat infertility

DIY Crispr Kit

Arranged marriages: They’re not as unfortunate as you think

Unmasked: Britain’s first female doctor who pretended to be a man for 46 years

Trans Man’s Before And After Photos Prove There’s No One Way To Look Transgender

Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum

MetaverseXXX (NSFW)

4 Things I Learned from the Worst Online Dating Profile Ever
The Uncanny Valley
What Does Feminist Porn Look Like?
JUDY:

Demolition Man sex scene:

Dark Futures: Dark Data by Nick Black:

XiaoIce AI: millions fall in love with Microsoft chatbot in China:

Gattaca – Official® Trailer:

Uncanny Lover: Building a Sex Robot | Robotica | The New York Times:

Realbotix Harmony Beta Walkthrough:

 

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Nikolas Badminton

Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist of the Futurist Think Tank. He is world-renowned futurist speaker, a Fellow of The RSA (FRSA), a media personality, and has worked with over 400 of the world’s most impactful companies to establish strategic foresight capabilities, identify trends shaping our world, help anticipate unforeseen risks, and design equitable futures for all. In his new book – ‘Facing Our Futures’ – he challenges short-term thinking and provides executives and organizations with the foundations for futures design and the tools to ignite curiosity, create a framework for futures exploration, and shift their mindset from what is to WHAT IF…

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