Grant Slater

Join @futurologypod for a deeper examination of the ideas shaping our future.

New conversations released weekly.

Can Democrats Fight Back Against Trump’s Redistricting Scheme? Fleeing lawmakers in Texas are unlikely to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, but their effort has offered a rallying cry—and a reminder of the Democratic Party’s weakness...

“Democrats have been in the minority in Texas for two decades; their tools of resistance are limited,” Jonathan Blitzer writes. But lawmakers fleeing the state should be seen as a rallying cry for a party that, too often, seems overly risk-averse.

On @futurologypod.bsky.social today, my interview with @johnmarkoff.bsky.social about the ideologies that Silicon Valley is exporting to the world at large.

Facebook marketplace ad for a massive “iPod Floor Mirror”

UNBELIEVABLE find.

Hi! That's cool that you've been to Bombay Beach. I hope you'll stop by again sometime soon and come on the radio.

The Noema team is over-the-moon to announce we took home 24 @lapressclub.bsky.social awards last night, with 6 first place, 8 second place and 10 third place winners! 🎉

Links below to read all the award-winning pieces 🏆

Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescope’s First Images

The videos zooming around these images of the universe are mind-boggling. So crowded out there in space. You can almost smell the dark matter holding it all together.

YouTube video by Diaper Diplomacy Tucker vs Cruz: “You Want to Target Iran But Don’t Know the Population?” | The Tantrum Crybaby Show

How many is in Iran? ✋ This many?

I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.

New footage just dropped of ICE agents in Bell running through an intersection and driving erratically — in private vehicles (with no lights or sirens), causing a traffic accident after which they jumped out of their pickup truck with machine guns drawn. This is what set everything off in Bell.

I’ve been repeating this for months: the United States is not “in a Constitutional crisis” — it’s in a “post-constitutional” situation.

YouTube video by Berggruen Institute Welcome to Futurology | Podcast Trailer

Futurology: a weekly podcast (Tuesdays!) from @berggruen.org where we do the work to name what’s next. Join us as we imagine a future we can accomplish together, instead of one we must all work to prevent.

Based on my experience both online and off. This is a wrong take. Left is tuned out/numb. Right views all interactions online and in-person as political (unless they are with those who attend the same church as them).

The 2025 Berggruen Prize Essay Contest | NOEMA This year’s theme is “consciousness.”

“The nature of consciousness has enthralled philosophers for millennia.”

And this year, it’s the theme of the @berggruen.org Prize Essay Contest, with a $50,000 grand prize & the chance to get published in Noema. Details to enter ⬇️

#consciousness #writing #essaycontest

This article is being pretty intensely hashed out at @berggruen.org. Lots of hot takes from inside the building.

5 years of Noema! We were honored to celebrate with a very special event last weekend.

@karaswisher.bsky.social moderated a spicy panel on AI with @blaiseaguera.bsky.social & @shannonvallor.bsky.social; we debuted a performance work & the cover of Issue VI was revealed!

Stay tuned for more...

Futurist at the movies microreview: "Mountainhead." It earns a low foresight rating because it is deliberately about our present.

YouTube video by PacificTWC 120 Years of Earthquakes and Their Tsunamis: 1901-2020

Come for the tsunamis. Stay for the 21st century to see what it looks like when humans put sensors everywhere everywhere on earth. Wild.

Friendly fire.

I'm very proud of my sister and her important work at @acog-org.bsky.social.