I just found out that you can now pre-order Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right! amazon.com/Speculative-Wh…

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People removed from the direct experience of to totalitarianism really do not seem to be able to grasp just how fast even the most basic democratic freedoms can collapse. It doesn’t just happen “there”, it can truly happen (anyw)here. Never take freedom for granted.

Allium I understand & (in many tho not all ways) agree. But in the context of the very real world (globally, beyond just ie EU bubble etc) it is already quite entrenched & won’t magically disappear (not unlike a lot of military tech for example). Idealism is admirable yet dangerous too

Conversation below has been QT’ed below taking the first tweet as some kind of endorsement, as if I am evangelizing genAI rather than inviting real-world conversation about it. So here’s some context: open.spotify.com/episode/6F9eZP…

‘Challenging the binaries of dystopia vs utopia & society vs technology’. This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features the futurist & speculative designer monika bielskyte. The series is made in partnership with Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. Link: apple.co/3faOfCG #ProtopiaFutures #CIFS

I am in the Bay Area through Friday, for a PROTOPIA x Design Science Studio talk at The Portal Marin this Thursday. Do reach out if you’d like to connect &/or get your tickets at eventbrite.com/e/protopia-ant…

If you are on X, you should read this, by Renee DiResta: this site is now dedicated to creating an alternate, far-right reality theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Anne Applebaum Renee DiResta "In the…right-wing propaganda landscape, where facts are recast as subjective & any authority outside MAGA is deemed illegitimate, eroding trust in institutions is not an unfortunate side effect—it is the goal." Musk's infowar project smacks of Putin's "political technology."⤵️

"The project of imagining the world otherwise belongs to no one in particular." Jess Maginity reviews Jordan S. Carroll’s "Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right." lareviewofbooks.org/article/whose-…

هل أنت مستعد للمستقبل؟ لا تفوت الجلسة بين مستشرفة مستقبل مونيكا بيليسكيته والروبوت صوفيا في جلستهم الذكاء الاصطناعي أم الذكاء البشري: من يقود المستقبل؟ استعد لحوار شيّق وسجّل الآن في قمَّة المعرفة 2024 أكبر قمة معرفية من نوعها في العالم. رابط التسجيل: mbrf.ae/knowledgesummi….

Who defines the future & what inspirations for innovative designs we need more of? Posted some semi-in-depth thoughts on Humans, Robots, Animals & Bacteria, following my keynote with Sophia the Robot | The Global Robot Ambassador at Knowledge Summit - قمة المعرفة last week in Dubai: linkedin.com/posts/monikabi…

This is a good question. What do you think sustainability should smell like? If sustainability had a scent … what would it smell like? foodtechbiz.com/ingredients/if…

في جلستها الذكاء الاصطناعي أم البشري:"أيهما يرسم المستقبل؟" خلال قمّة المعرفة 2024، أكدت مونيكا بيلسكيته - مستشرفة مستقبل ومؤسِّسة منصة بروتوبيا فيوتشرز على الدور المحوري للذكاء البشري في تشكيل المستقبل. وشددت على أهمية أن نبذل الجهد كأفراد لتقبّل التغيير والاستفادة من الإمكانات

"Misinformation is powerful, not because it changes minds, but because it allows people to maintain their beliefs in light of growing evidence to the contrary. The internet may function not so much as a brainwashing engine but as a justification machine."

Join me for a conversation about the future of AI, creativity & what seems vs what really is futuristic — RSVP at artwrld.ghost.io/monika-bielsky…

Interest in STEM is mostly superficial. The obsession is really with money and power.

Biology, rather than silicon or rockets, is the real future frontier. We urgently need to emancipate ourselves from the outdated future fictions & tech gazillionaires that are holding us hostage to them Further reading: linkedin.com/posts/monikabi… The talk youtu.be/K1QybobHyAo?si…

Join PROTOPIA x Climate Spring storyworld design workshop next Wednesday as part of #HollywoodClimateSummit. Free virtual access so RSVP asap: hollywoodclimatesummit.com/schedule-2025