Category Archives: Eldering

Whether they live in utopia, dystopia, protopia, or some other future, what do our 11th generation grandchildren need to hear from us? :- Doug.

If we could have a practical future, what would you design? :- Doug.

If humanity finally arrives, what and where would that home be? What is forever? One one-thousand year generation? Then? :- Doug.

What if you lived a very long life without a job? :- Doug.

What if rich did not matter, did not get you anything or anywhere important? :- Doug.

What if we were enabled to retire in our prime—or even as we entered our prime? Again, if we retired on and off for most of our lives, or worked only a few hours a week or year? What would … Continue reading →

Whatever good futures at which we arrive it will be an interim, just like all history. For those in this place and time, it may be for ever. :- Doug.

In our possible futures, is there a home for the humble, a life for people of dignity? :- Doug.

Do leads to hope. :- Doug.

When you tell a story to the 11th generation, remember you are quickly becoming part of their future. And past. :- Doug.

Let us work to clearly see our 11th generation: they might be different from us in ways we cannot understand: quicker in thinking; composed of a significant proportion of machine; have challenges and worries we cannot foresee (but could we … Continue reading →

The more we exercise the brain the more it grows. Physically. Throw new stuff in and the dendrites make more connections. So interacting socially morphs the brain. New thinking means new brain cells means new pathways. Four in an hour … Continue reading →