The Speculist

T Minus One Week

The Speculist is devoted to exploring the boundaries of the possible. Every week, readers will find:

• Tools for making the most of the future.



• Speculative essays on what might be.



• Interviews with individuals who have something important to say about the future. In the first few weeks, I will be talking to a genetecist working on developing a cure for human aging, one of the founders of the field of nanotechnology, a former NASA guy who has a plan for getting us to Mars on the cheap, and a bright young woman who doesn't seem all that unusual until you realize she's a computer program.



• Practical ideas on how to succeed in an era of accelerating change.
  
  
• Ruminations on what might have been.



• Coverage of interesting developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, aritifical intelligence, space exploration, and other future-impacting areas.



• Ponderings on things that never were.



• Predictions (usually one a day, extrapolated from a referenced news story) of what may happen in the future



• Other things I haven't thought of yet.

This pre-launch phase has given me a chance to nail down the look and feel of the thing, get my blogroll started, and try out a few things that will carry over once I get going for real.

The blog will officially launch on Monday, August 4, 2003. Don't miss it.

And, yes, I will continue with my unofficial postings in the mean time.