The Future of Our Stuff

I really appreciate how the maker of this short video studied Star Wars films to dissect why they were successful. It's so common in American culture for the slurring of our opinions, as well as our ability to be carried away with fictitious stories. Made-up characters, actors playing pretend, scenarios made with the stuff of our dreams, and ultimately, pieces of ourselves that we find in others.

Writers, filmmakers, engineers, scientists, and designers have been envisioning the next generation of life - through robotics. In each of their own ways, the question is not "Can this product be built?" Instead, the questions are "Should this product be built?" (Lean Start-Up). 

Maker Faire NY 2013 was outstanding. I have never felt more at home in an environment of eclectics. Updates coming soon.

I met one of my favorite Futurists this weekend, Brian David Johnson, and heard about the launch of his robots21.com project to entice anyone to build their own future robot. How exciting. I sent him an e-mail follow-up to see where I might fit in the project.

I've been having a lot of conversations lately, listening to old-time radio programs, and more recently, This American Life. For the next stage of my research, I am going to teach myself how to write an effective narrative. 

Science Fiction writers are Designers. They see the world for what it is, and teach the reader how to view things through their lens. 

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