Artwork by Patrick Turner

From Futurama to Prey, our view of the world ahead has become tainted with dismal prospects for a positive future

By Thomas Frey, Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

Few of the science fiction buffs watching reruns of Matt Groening’s now-defunct cartoon classic Futurama have any idea the name of the show was coined half a century earlier for a wildly-popular ride at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.
That Futurama - the original Futurama which is viewable on YouTube - was an unforgettable trip into the brave new world of 1960. Yes, the fabulous 1960s. Who can forget the thrill of exiting off a highway at 50 miles per hour Read the rest of this entry »