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Karl Marx: First Futurist

The History of the Future

Karl Marx: First Futurist

In 1848, twenty years before Jules Verne published his first novel and decades before H.G. Wells was even born, Karl Marx did something unprecedented. He didn't just critique capitalism—he invented a new way of seeing the future.

24 Nov 2025
Entering The Creation-Consumption Paradox

The Creation Consumption Ratio

Entering The Creation-Consumption Paradox

When we can create so quickly with generative AI, it creates unintended consequences, one of which I call the Creation-Consumption Paradox.

11 Nov 2025
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From Talos to ChatGPT, from Marx to Musk, from steam engines to silicon chips—the patterns repeat. The questions remain. The future keeps arriving.

22 Sep 2025

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Karl Marx: First Futurist

Karl Marx: First Futurist

In 1848, twenty years before Jules Verne published his first novel and decades before H.G. Wells was even born, Karl Marx did something unprecedented. He didn't just critique capitalism—he invented a new way of seeing the future.

24 Nov 2025
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We are an independent studio of research, storytelling, and speculation. Part archive, part laboratory, part time machine.

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Welcome to the Future Concern

Welcome to the Future Concern

We are an independent studio of research, storytelling, and speculation. Part archive, part laboratory, part time machine.

18 Sep 2025
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