Andrew Maynard
@andrewmaynard.net
Professor of Advanced Tech Transitions at ASU. Consummate undisciplinarian. Write about tech, society and the future at https://futureofbeinghuman.com/ and co-host the Modem Futura podcast: https://modemfutura.com
Thanks for all the interest in the Technology-Driven Moral Panics timeline! This has now been cleaned up, an About section added and -- most importantly -- an AI follow-up link added to every entry.
techlashed.org
This was supposed to be a quick coffee break project -- it sort of grew!
techlashed.org
This was supposed to be a quick coffee break project -- it sort of grew!
May 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thanks for all the interest in the Technology-Driven Moral Panics timeline! This has now been cleaned up, an About section added and -- most importantly -- an AI follow-up link added to every entry.
techlashed.org
This was supposed to be a quick coffee break project -- it sort of grew!
techlashed.org
This was supposed to be a quick coffee break project -- it sort of grew!
Couldn't find a good technology-fueled moral panic timeline, so I made this (with a little help): techlashed.org
May 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Couldn't find a good technology-fueled moral panic timeline, so I made this (with a little help): techlashed.org
Can cause-effect models like this help people develop a better sense of developing and using AI responsibly? Link to the tool here: www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/exploring-...
May 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Can cause-effect models like this help people develop a better sense of developing and using AI responsibly? Link to the tool here: www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/exploring-...
After co-hosting with her for years we finally got former Astronaut Cady Coleman on the other side of the microphone in this week's episode of Modem Futura -- an amazing conversation with a wonderful friend!
Full podcast links and video of our conversation: futureofbeinghuman.com/p/a-conversa...
Full podcast links and video of our conversation: futureofbeinghuman.com/p/a-conversa...
January 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
After co-hosting with her for years we finally got former Astronaut Cady Coleman on the other side of the microphone in this week's episode of Modem Futura -- an amazing conversation with a wonderful friend!
Full podcast links and video of our conversation: futureofbeinghuman.com/p/a-conversa...
Full podcast links and video of our conversation: futureofbeinghuman.com/p/a-conversa...
Setting up for Thursday’s live recording of the Modem Futura holiday episode - not one to be missed!
December 10, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Setting up for Thursday’s live recording of the Modem Futura holiday episode - not one to be missed!
I believe with all the fuss over bananas as art it's time to resurface this masterpiece 😊
November 28, 2024 at 1:18 AM
I believe with all the fuss over bananas as art it's time to resurface this masterpiece 😊
Watching Contact in my Moviegoer's Guide to the Future class tomorrow – I have such a soft spot for this film! On one level it's a love letter to science from Carl Sagan. It's also a wonderful opener for deep conversations around science, society and the future.
November 26, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Watching Contact in my Moviegoer's Guide to the Future class tomorrow – I have such a soft spot for this film! On one level it's a love letter to science from Carl Sagan. It's also a wonderful opener for deep conversations around science, society and the future.
If you have a set of the Feynman Lectures post a photo and say when you got them - mine were given me by a friend of the family in 1984
November 22, 2024 at 3:16 PM
If you have a set of the Feynman Lectures post a photo and say when you got them - mine were given me by a friend of the family in 1984
Just came across this beautiful blast from the past in a folder that dates back to high school in the early 1980’s - a stash of pristine graph paper!
November 14, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Just came across this beautiful blast from the past in a folder that dates back to high school in the early 1980’s - a stash of pristine graph paper!
Thursday's is my absolute favorite class -- Pizza and a Slice of Future, where a multigenerational group of learners get together in a purposely designed "third space" to explore technology and the future -- all while eating Pizza. Unique, transformative, and satisfying on many levels 😁
November 14, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Thursday's is my absolute favorite class -- Pizza and a Slice of Future, where a multigenerational group of learners get together in a purposely designed "third space" to explore technology and the future -- all while eating Pizza. Unique, transformative, and satisfying on many levels 😁
Not too bad a setting for this evenings talk!
November 10, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Not too bad a setting for this evenings talk!
This feels very Arizona - a 260 mile round trip for an evening talk at Sedona Public Library 😊
November 10, 2024 at 11:39 PM
This feels very Arizona - a 260 mile round trip for an evening talk at Sedona Public Library 😊
Rainbow over Chandler AZ this afternoon -- love how you can see the storm coming in!
September 2, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Rainbow over Chandler AZ this afternoon -- love how you can see the storm coming in!
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery
August 31, 2024 at 6:58 PM
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery
On the first day of the semester I had so many students asking where their class was that I put this board outside our space. What happened: they kept asking, oblivious of the board. Truly believe people are losing spatial awareness in the digital age!
August 26, 2024 at 4:45 PM
On the first day of the semester I had so many students asking where their class was that I put this board outside our space. What happened: they kept asking, oblivious of the board. Truly believe people are losing spatial awareness in the digital age!
Sage advice at the start of the week
August 26, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Sage advice at the start of the week
Random piece of street art, just because … (Bali Festival Park)
August 16, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Random piece of street art, just because … (Bali Festival Park)
Zooming from a Bali resort with a student shortly and debating whether I should full-on globetrotting prof mode and join from outside, or just stick to the hotel room.
I know what I *should* do!
I know what I *should* do!
August 15, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Zooming from a Bali resort with a student shortly and debating whether I should full-on globetrotting prof mode and join from outside, or just stick to the hotel room.
I know what I *should* do!
I know what I *should* do!
Forget the major tourist attractions in Bali, I *love* the grunginess of Bali Festival Park - a derelict and overgrown theme park with brilliant graffiti
August 14, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Forget the major tourist attractions in Bali, I *love* the grunginess of Bali Festival Park - a derelict and overgrown theme park with brilliant graffiti
These Midjourney images didn't make the cut for tomorrow's article that touches on AI, Plato's Cave, and permissionless innovation -- so I thought I'd release them into the wild here!
August 25, 2023 at 1:27 AM
These Midjourney images didn't make the cut for tomorrow's article that touches on AI, Plato's Cave, and permissionless innovation -- so I thought I'd release them into the wild here!