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Scott Smith

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....

ONLY GETTING WORSE

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

Nov. 9, 2016Quartz

RADICAL REDEFINITION

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

Aug. 16, 2016Quartz

E-RESIDENCE

Estonia is making it easier to cross borders digitally

Oct. 28, 2015Quartz

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

Sept. 4, 2015Quartz

Soon American highways could be overrun with self-driving trucks

Feb. 25, 2015Quartz

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

Dec. 26, 2014Quartz

SURVEILLANCE STATES

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

Dec. 15, 2014Quartz

STORMY SKIES

The future of US air travel doesn’t look pretty

July 11, 2014Quartz

Things get weird when objects get hooked up to the internet

July 3, 2014Quartz

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

June 8, 2014Quartz