Scott Smith
@changeist.bsky.social
Futurist, Managing Partner: changeist.com.
Barcelona-based.
Lapsed commentator. Plot machine.
Author: “How to Future” (2020) howtofuture.com | “Future Cultures” (2023) futureculturesbook.com
Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com
Barcelona-based.
Lapsed commentator. Plot machine.
Author: “How to Future” (2020) howtofuture.com | “Future Cultures” (2023) futureculturesbook.com
Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com
But will Europe have beardos? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
A Draft or Volunteers? Russian Threat Prompts Urgent Debate in Europe.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
But will Europe have beardos? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Well, we now have a heuristic for a lot of societal problems.
Do you stand or sit to wipe your bum?
The question has been doing the rounds on podcasts and social media, and now YouGov has the answer:
Stand: 34%
Sit: 57%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
The question has been doing the rounds on podcasts and social media, and now YouGov has the answer:
Stand: 34%
Sit: 57%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Well, we now have a heuristic for a lot of societal problems.
Will be rewatching this tonight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sXL...
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Will be rewatching this tonight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sXL...
Damn, Jimmy Cliff AND Udo Kier.
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Damn, Jimmy Cliff AND Udo Kier.
RIP to a real one. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
RIP to a real one. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Poor foresight.
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Poor foresight.
Ah yes, Camp Nou is back open, and nights of traffic and honking horns return to our peaceful side street.
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Ah yes, Camp Nou is back open, and nights of traffic and honking horns return to our peaceful side street.
The American Revolutionary War seems full of hold mine beer moments, where both sides conspire to not be the victor. “Oh yeah, you needlessly botched your attack? Behold, as we retreat pointlessly, taking the long way through a miasmic swamp.”
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The American Revolutionary War seems full of hold mine beer moments, where both sides conspire to not be the victor. “Oh yeah, you needlessly botched your attack? Behold, as we retreat pointlessly, taking the long way through a miasmic swamp.”
Or, you know, tax AI companies and redistribute the money to the those whose work they’re trained on.
We can’t keep hitting up the richest to meet today’s affordability challenge. In an economy where the top 10% own 93% of all equities in financial markets, “it can only be met by spreading the wealth of ownership more broadly in the first place,” argues Nathan Gardels.
#aiwealth #ubi #affordability
#aiwealth #ubi #affordability
Address ‘Affordability’ By Spreading AI Wealth Around | NOEMA
The emergent “coalition of the precariat” should embrace the idea of universal basic capital.
www.noemamag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Or, you know, tax AI companies and redistribute the money to the those whose work they’re trained on.
If tariffs are being removed to increase affordability of day to day purchases, does that mean the tariffs made day to day purchases less affordable?
I’m just a simple country economic history major. Help me out.
I’m just a simple country economic history major. Help me out.
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If tariffs are being removed to increase affordability of day to day purchases, does that mean the tariffs made day to day purchases less affordable?
I’m just a simple country economic history major. Help me out.
I’m just a simple country economic history major. Help me out.
Who is the miscreant who started the post in bold italics thing on LinkedIn
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Who is the miscreant who started the post in bold italics thing on LinkedIn
The anti-AI part of MAGA is fascinating. This mob aren't yet calling out the data center, chip and crypto grifts, but boy are they being chumps. www.ft.com/content/e087...
Donald Trump’s support for pro-AI proposal fuels Maga backlash
US president endorses move to restrict regulation by states after lobbying from Silicon Valley
www.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The anti-AI part of MAGA is fascinating. This mob aren't yet calling out the data center, chip and crypto grifts, but boy are they being chumps. www.ft.com/content/e087...
Ah yes, and still attributed to the wrong author post-sale. Nice work everybody.
qz.com/183604/how-s...
qz.com/183604/how-s...
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ah yes, and still attributed to the wrong author post-sale. Nice work everybody.
qz.com/183604/how-s...
qz.com/183604/how-s...
I wrote a piece about a decade ago for Quartz about the impacts sub-orbital flight (Virgin Galactic etc) would have on things like real estate prices. When the access to distance changes, economic follow.
As much as I dislike the NFL, this story is interesting. Basically, League keeping tabs on revival of commercial supersonic flight as a trigger for expansion to Europe. www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
The NFL’s Secret Obsession With Supersonic Flight
With dreams of permanent franchises in Europe, the league has quietly been keeping tabs on companies aiming to bring the technology back—and it could happen sooner than you think.
www.wsj.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I wrote a piece about a decade ago for Quartz about the impacts sub-orbital flight (Virgin Galactic etc) would have on things like real estate prices. When the access to distance changes, economic follow.
As much as I dislike the NFL, this story is interesting. Basically, League keeping tabs on revival of commercial supersonic flight as a trigger for expansion to Europe. www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
The NFL’s Secret Obsession With Supersonic Flight
With dreams of permanent franchises in Europe, the league has quietly been keeping tabs on companies aiming to bring the technology back—and it could happen sooner than you think.
www.wsj.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As much as I dislike the NFL, this story is interesting. Basically, League keeping tabs on revival of commercial supersonic flight as a trigger for expansion to Europe. www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
Happy Garrett Morris Day.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Happy Garrett Morris Day.
Past six hour point of “American Revolution” and, while not perfect, is usefully granular in detail and context. More than just white demigods in wigs. Recommend spending time with it, esp as it’s not taught in school in any useful detail.
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Past six hour point of “American Revolution” and, while not perfect, is usefully granular in detail and context. More than just white demigods in wigs. Recommend spending time with it, esp as it’s not taught in school in any useful detail.
What does it say about your cratering support when you ignore even your base and just commission personal grudge investigations?
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What does it say about your cratering support when you ignore even your base and just commission personal grudge investigations?
Did the writer completely forget about Theresa May's "hostile environment"policy way back in 2013 when she was at Home Office? Or did they just not Google it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
Why Britain Is Embracing ‘Negative Nation Branding’
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Did the writer completely forget about Theresa May's "hostile environment"policy way back in 2013 when she was at Home Office? Or did they just not Google it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
Crypto is less of a bubble and more of a slosh pit to generate/launder value for other purposes. "Investing" in crypto as an end in itself is largely a joke played on unsophisticated marks.
Lots of talk recently about an AI bubble. But the crypto bubble has been going on longer; is more obviously purely speculative; also involves trillions of dollars of “assets”
And it’s currently deflating fast. And what if they both pop simultaneously?
And it’s currently deflating fast. And what if they both pop simultaneously?
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Crypto is less of a bubble and more of a slosh pit to generate/launder value for other purposes. "Investing" in crypto as an end in itself is largely a joke played on unsophisticated marks.
Once again, I am asking if any journalists in the US are doing serious research into the provenance of plainclothes (or combat cosplay) masked men on the streets of the country?
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Once again, I am asking if any journalists in the US are doing serious research into the provenance of plainclothes (or combat cosplay) masked men on the streets of the country?
It’s 2025 and Bret Stephens wants to invade Venezuela from the dangerous front lines of the Times Op-Ed page. Because Iran.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s 2025 and Bret Stephens wants to invade Venezuela from the dangerous front lines of the Times Op-Ed page. Because Iran.
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10 minutes in and I’m already yelling at the screen watching “American Revolution”.
a television with a bullet hole in the screen and the number 4b on it
ALT: a television with a bullet hole in the screen and the number 4b on it
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
10 minutes in and I’m already yelling at the screen watching “American Revolution”.
Grifty memecoins seem to be doing well for the US leadership. That's gotta be good for $5 bn or so?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-frozen-assets-european-union.html
Ukraine’s Cash Is Running Low, and Europe Has No Good Plan B
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Grifty memecoins seem to be doing well for the US leadership. That's gotta be good for $5 bn or so?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-frozen-assets-european-union.html