Scott Smith

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Scott Smith is a futurist and founder of Changeist, a futures research lab that looks at the impact of emerging technologies. He splits time between the US and UK, and is a visiting lecturer on design and innovation at IED Barcelona.

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11/9/16

If you thought election 2016 was horrible, then 2020 will be much, much worse

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PublishedNovember 9, 2016

8/16/16

To avoid another Brexit let’s stop treating citizenship as a birthright

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PublishedAugust 16, 2016

10/28/15

Estonia is making it easier to cross borders digitally

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PublishedOctober 28, 2015

9/4/15

Amazon wants to know everything about you by having a robot talk to you

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PublishedSeptember 4, 2015

2/25/15

Soon American highways could be overrun with self-driving trucks

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PublishedFebruary 25, 2015

12/26/14

In 2015, we’ll need different words to talk about the future

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PublishedDecember 26, 2014

12/15/14

Taking video of people harassing your family can get you busted in the EU for privacy violations

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PublishedDecember 15, 2014

7/11/14

The future of US air travel doesn’t look pretty

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PublishedJuly 11, 2014

7/3/14

Things get weird when objects get hooked up to the internet

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PublishedJuly 3, 2014

6/8/14

Edward Snowden threw a bucket of hot water on Scandinavia’s quest to house the world’s data

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PublishedJune 8, 2014

4/15/14

What Google Glass has taught us one year in

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PublishedApril 15, 2014

3/5/14

The ultra rich are starting to like the risks involved in asteroid mining

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PublishedMarch 5, 2014

3/4/14

How space travel will help broaden your vacation-home options here on Earth

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PublishedMarch 4, 2014

2/24/14

There’s a job contemplating the future of Hershey’s Kisses—a great sign for America

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PublishedFebruary 24, 2014

2/15/14

The chase for the Higgs boson is about to get bigger, faster, and costlier—but we need it

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PublishedFebruary 15, 2014

1/28/14

It’s time for all politicians to start campaigning via holograms

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PublishedJanuary 28, 2014

1/24/14

Soon your text messages could smell like curry

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PublishedJanuary 24, 2014

12/4/13

Why the next decade’s hot space race revolves around the moon

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PublishedDecember 4, 2013

10/24/13

India’s upcoming mission to Mars is a chance to best Russia and China

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PublishedOctober 24, 2013

10/15/13

It’s stronger than steel and paper thin, but graphene isn’t living up to its promise

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PublishedOctober 15, 2013

Scott Smith's posts

If you thought election 2016 was horrible, then 2020 will be much, much worse

To avoid another Brexit let’s stop treating citizenship as a birthright

Estonia is making it easier to cross borders digitally

Amazon wants to know everything about you by having a robot talk to you

Soon American highways could be overrun with self-driving trucks

In 2015, we’ll need different words to talk about the future

Taking video of people harassing your family can get you busted in the EU for privacy violations

The future of US air travel doesn’t look pretty

Things get weird when objects get hooked up to the internet

Edward Snowden threw a bucket of hot water on Scandinavia’s quest to house the world’s data

What Google Glass has taught us one year in

The ultra rich are starting to like the risks involved in asteroid mining

How space travel will help broaden your vacation-home options here on Earth

There’s a job contemplating the future of Hershey’s Kisses—a great sign for America

The chase for the Higgs boson is about to get bigger, faster, and costlier—but we need it

It’s time for all politicians to start campaigning via holograms

Soon your text messages could smell like curry

Why the next decade’s hot space race revolves around the moon

India’s upcoming mission to Mars is a chance to best Russia and China

It’s stronger than steel and paper thin, but graphene isn’t living up to its promise