Friday Farsight

Friday Farsight

Sheldon Pacotti

Episodes 10
Avg. Duration 18m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jan 2026
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
98%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

The future of everything, as predicted by Strategic Farsight. Deep dive into a new prediction every Friday: scientific breakthroughs, inventions, societal shifts. With the help of AI, we collect the best thinking on a topic, from optimistic to apocalyptic, in order to estimate the most likely timing and impact of all the things that have not happened yet. To view the written predictions or to create your own, visit https://www.strategicfarsight.com.

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Recent Episodes

S1E10 Digital Currencies Replacing Paper Currencies Worldwide

Apr 03, 2026 14m

A purely digital economy would be a purely controlled economy. No one would be playing outside the game, making deals with briefcases full of dollar bills.But do we want people making deals with…

S1E9 Comprehensive ICBM Missile Defense

Mar 27, 2026 14m

Just checked the Doomsday Clock from The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and it reads 85 seconds to midnight, the closest to disaster it has ever been, yet the idea of a nuclear war seems more…

S1E8 Geopolitics in the 2040s

Mar 20, 2026 19m

Extrapolating from today's U.S. government policies, AI has a vision for a changed world order in the 2040s. Who will come out on top? The Kingdom of Denmark?Read the full scenario: Geopolitics in…

S1E7 Faster-Than-light Spacecraft

Mar 13, 2026 23m

Faster-than-light spaceships could be coming as early as 2100, or... not? A second prediction in the database says FTL travel is impossible.How can Strategic Farsight publish both predictions? Which…

S1E6 Mainstream Holographic Televisions

Mar 06, 2026 14m

No, not 3D goggles. Not big blocks of glass with 3D images inside. We're talking lifelike 3D images broadcast into the open air. Is this really possible? How?As a sci-fi writer, I have avoided such…

S1E5 Indefinite Life Extension

Feb 27, 2026 18m

Most people still think that longevity science is a hoax, while scientists in the field claim that we're a decade or two away from tech that could let us rewind the biological clock at will. Who is…

S1E4 Wealth Inequality in the U.S. (500-year Extrapolation)

Feb 20, 2026 18m

Wealth inequality is bad and getting worse, a trend that has been clear since the 1980s. Surely society will take corrective action now that the issue is headline news. Right? Or will the stronger…

S1E3 First Wholly AI-Managed Corporation

Feb 13, 2026 17m

The robots are coming for our jobs, they say. Maybe so. But when will this include the CEOs and executives? When will companies run all on their own? Is this the inevitable destination of capital's…

S1E2 Lab-grown Meat Surpassing Traditional Livestock

Feb 06, 2026 21m

Livestock consumes over 3/4 of agricultural land. A transition to "cultured meat" could open a future where the domination of nature is no longer an existential imperative. Might we live to see…

S1E1 Fully Capable Domestic Robots

Jan 31, 2026 19m

Robotic servants. They've been just around the corner since at least the 1950s. Is today different? Are we about to say goodbye to household chores? What then? What won't robots do for us, and what…

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Friday Farsight has published 10 episodes since January 2026, covering topics in Technology.

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