Insights March 8th, 2019

In this post we see CYBERPUNK, a 1990 documentary brought to us by Marianne Trench. It delves into the world of cyberpunk culture and all of its aspects.It features William Gibson amongst others talking about the possibilities of the world born from fantastical science fiction.
As a Futurist I love to look back on artifacts and thoughts that we had in the past because sometimes we forget the grand visions we used to have and that they could still be very relevant in 2019. In all reality I have always been a ‘cyberpunk’ – challenging the world to embrace new platforms and technologies. My tattoos extend my goals and act as talismans, my body mods (chip set in my had) and mobile tech extend my abilities into a cyborg. In all reality, as my friend Amber Case says, “We are all cyborgs now.”
 

“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts… A graphic representation of data abstracted from banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding…”
William Gibson, Neuromancer

CYBERPUNK covers topics such as hacking, virtual reality, mind machines, implants, cyber arts, literature, music, and it features interviews with William Gibson, Dr. Timothy Leary and various other people like Joseph M. Rosen MD., Dr. Scott Fisher, Michael Synergy and more.
https://youtu.be/hRwU9zJcT60


Nikolas Badminton is an award-winning Futurist Speaker, researcher and author. His expertise and thought leadership will guide you from complacency to thinking exponentially, planning for longevity, and encouraging a culture of innovation. You will then establish resiliency and abundance in your organization.
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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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