{"id":13087,"date":"2023-06-07T08:28:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T08:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1397146"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:28:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T08:28:23","slug":"why-the-future-wont-look-like-a-sci-fi-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=13087","title":{"rendered":"Why the future won\u2019t look like a sci-fi movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article features an interview with Nick Foster, former Head of Design for Google X. Foster will be speaking at TNW Conference<\/a>, which takes place on June 15 & 16 in Amsterdam. If you want to experience the event (and say hi to our editorial team!), we\u2019ve got something special for our loyal readers. Use the promo code READ-TNW-25<\/a> and get a 25% discount on your business pass for TNW Conference. See you in Amsterdam! <\/em><\/p>\n

When we think about the future, our minds tend to conjure up images of cyberpunk cities where flying cars zoom overhead, 3D hologram advertisements pop up as you walk by, and everyone is dressed in sexy post-apocalyptic gear with unidentifiable tech<\/a> gadgets hanging from Batman-style utility belts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re sort of stuck in a science fiction fantasy land,\u201d says Nick Foster<\/a>, former Head of Design at Google X.<\/p>\n

Foster has been a designer and futurist for 20 years, working for a wide range of tech companies from Dyson to Sony to Nokia. What he\u2019s discovered over two decades of working in future and speculative design<\/a> is that:<\/p>\n

\u201cScience fiction has really colonised the world of technology futures to an unhelpful degree. It\u2019s very rare that you can build something that came from a book, a movie, or a series that would actually be useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s natural for us to imagine a future of hoverboard skateboards and lightsabers, of evil empires and galactic alliances.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever we look at the future, because it doesn\u2019t exist yet, by its very nature it has no manifest reality. So we have to tell stories and those stories tend to fall back on the natural tropes of storytelling. They have a hero, they go through an arch, they\u2019re made for entertainment, and they\u2019re mostly dominated by science fiction \u2014 exciting space operas and flying machines,\u201d Foster says.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s the problem with living in a sci-fi fantasy vision of the future? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

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