
Future Balls
By Tristan Grace and Nathan Waters
We bought a bingo ball machine well into our mid 30s. Then we hand-scribbled a futuristic topic on each ball. Now we give it a weekly spin, pull out three balls and mash'em into imagined futures on the fly. Guaranteed novelty and nonsense!

Political Systems, Childcare, LIDAR, CRISPR
Political Systems, Childcare, LIDAR, CRISPR
Future BallsNov 10, 2021
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Political Systems, Childcare, LIDAR, CRISPR
Political Systems, Childcare, LIDAR, CRISPR
How would you combine the future of political systems with childcare, LIDAR and CRISPR?
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Nov 10, 202124:44

Satellites, Money, BCI
Satellites, Money, BCI
How would you combine the future of satellites with money and brain-computer interfaces?
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Nov 03, 202124:13

Violence, Complexity, Facial Recognition
Violence, Complexity, Facial Recognition
How would you combine the future of violence with complexity and facial recognition?
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Oct 27, 202125:44

Authoritarianism, Nootropics, Neurotech
Authoritarianism, Nootropics, Neurotech
How would you combine the future of authoritarianism with nootropics and neurotech?
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Oct 20, 202127:13

Gamification, Space Exploration, UBI
Gamification, Space Exploration, UBI
How would you combine the future of gamification with space exploration and a universal basic income (UBI)?
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Oct 13, 202122:01

Collective Intelligence, Computation, P2P
Collective Intelligence, Computation, P2P
How would you combine the future of collective intelligence with computation and peer-to-peer (P2P)?
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Oct 06, 202123:39

Neuralink, Psychedelics, Mars Colony
Neuralink, Psychedelics, Mars Colony
How would you combine the future of Neuralink with psychedelics and a Mars colony?
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Sep 29, 202123:35

Decentralization, Social Credit, Femtotechnology
Decentralization, Social Credit, Femtotechnology
How would you combine the future of decentralization with social credit systems and femtotechnology?
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Sep 22, 202123:35

Mass Surveillance, Mutual Credit, Lab Grown Meat
Mass Surveillance, Mutual Credit, Lab Grown Meat
How would you combine the future of mass surveillance with mutual credit currencies and lab grown meat?
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Sep 15, 202124:24

Future of Work, AI, Vanlife
Future of Work, AI, Vanlife
How would you combine the future of work with artificial intelligence and vanlife?
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Sep 08, 202123:44

Creating Life, Complexity, Farming Robots
Creating Life, Complexity, Farming Robots
How would you combine the future of creating artificial life with complexity and farming robots?
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Sep 01, 202120:23

Virtual Worlds, Distributed Platforms, Education
Virtual Worlds, Distributed Platforms, Education
How would you combine the future of virtual worlds with distributed/decentralized platforms and education?
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Aug 25, 202122:45

Drones, GameB, Methuselarity
Drones, GameB, Methuselarity
How would you combine the future of drones with GameB and the Methuselarity?
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Aug 18, 202124:13

Lifelogging, Health, Pornography
Lifelogging, Health, Pornography
How would you combine the future of lifelogging with health and porn?
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Aug 11, 202121:43

Gen Alpha, Abundance, Biotechnology
Gen Alpha, Abundance, Biotechnology
How would you combine the future of Generation Alpha with abundance and biotech?
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Aug 04, 202121:60

Fashion, Nanorobots, Turing-Complete Factories
Fashion, Nanorobots, Turing-Complete Factories
How would you combine the future of fashion with nanorobots and Turing-complete factories?
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Jul 28, 202122:02

GPT-10, Economic Inequality, Asteroid Mining
GPT-10, Economic Inequality, Asteroid Mining
How would you combine the future of GPT-3 with economic inequality and asteroid mining?
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Jul 21, 202121:03

Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Motivations of AI
Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Motivations of AI
How would you combine automation with autonomous vehicles and the motivations of artificial intelligence?
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Jul 14, 202125:16

Piracy, Leisure, Mega Structures
Piracy, Leisure, Mega Structures
How would you combine piracy with the future of leisure and mega structures?
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Jul 07, 202123:48

AR, Genedrives, Semantic Web
AR, Genedrives, Semantic Web
How would you combine augmented reality with gene drives and the semantic web?
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Jun 30, 202122:25

Singularity, Kardashev Scale, Hiveminds
Singularity, Kardashev Scale, Hiveminds
How would you combine the Singularity with the Kardashev Scale and hiveminds?
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Jun 23, 202123:59

GMOs, VR, Renewables
GMOs, VR, Renewables
How would you combine GMOs with virtual reality and renewable energy?
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Jun 16, 202117:45

Mass Surveillance, Dildonics, Human Augmentation
Mass Surveillance, Dildonics, Human Augmentation
How would you combine mass surveillance with tele-dildonics and human augmentation?
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Jun 09, 202118:44