August 2015
RT @berkun: People in power have the most to lose if things change. They're often the greatest inhibitors of change and progress. #defendst…
@berkun and often cost in unearned potential.
RT @berkun: Slogans and platitudes are free. Putting your reputation behind your ideas is not.
I've been quiet on social media living a f2f life. In this silence some cool things are happening.
It feels weird to balance my previous active social profile - I miss the daily conversation and banter.
It feels like most of what I see is promoting one's stuff. I'm guilty of that too.
I want to get back to a time where I didn't feel like I was promoting and marketing to share cool stuff I am doing.
Most days I succeed at this. RT @SeeTheRoses Imagine a world led by love, rather than controlled by fear.
Re: that Atlantic article. Female futurists deal with the same gender biases that Female Engineers & women in the tech industry do.
RT @Engelgau: My bold prediction: 80% of all @amazon's drones (if they ever launch) will be shot down or captured by urban pirates. #justsa…
Today's #futureofwearables episode is with @lizak on textiles. Don't miss it. Thanks to our sponsors @sourcebits http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3716332
Multi-parenting will be for any adult in the future. The gay community innovates today: http://www.vice.com/read/a-child-in-the-netherlands-is-going-to-have-five-parents-876 #futureofrelationships
@roseveleth you may like my term "jetpack porn" aka sexy visions of the future that will never occur: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2014/04/jetpack-porn.html
@roseveleth and also UME - a revolutionary emotion extension corporation of the future. http://www.heathervescent.com/ume/ #futureofrelationships
RT @macengr: Interesting interview, via @heathervescent Liza Kindred on Textiles and Wearable Tech http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2015/08/liza-kindred-on-textiles-and-wearable-tech.html
@LizaK loved talking with you! Thanks again!
@virgingalactic How about hiring a futurist? I envisioned your suborbit space flight marketing program 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbZu1WNJNLQ
@virgingalactic or maybe a social media person... since your postings seem to be robo job tweets.
@dearsarah both use cases use women in leadership. I'm not so sure this would fly in all environments. It also feels a little... pretentious
@dearsarah maybe it's a gender thing instead. because women are constantly under valued
@roseveleth I had a feeling you might! :)
@dearsarah :) Understand!
RT @dearsarah: 2015 Is The Year The Old Internet Finally Died (this, &, communities have gone private & exclusive) http://www.vox.com/2015/8/6/9099357/internet-dead-end
@dearsarah I think there's a demographic values shift in that time. Jaded-indie (GenX) for brute force mainstream (Millennial)
@dearsarah also, I love your curation. Maybe make a newsletter. I don't read enough of your suggestions.
@chrismessina that pizza hat/costume/???? is genius. wouldn't want to be behind it though.
Remember Hypercolor? You'll enjoy this conversation with @LizaK about the past, present and future of #wearabletech http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2015/08/liza-kindred-on-textiles-and-wearable-tech.html
My new sounds: The Future of Cars with Alex Roy and Heather Schlegel https://soundcloud.com/futurevescent/the-future-of-cars-with-alex-roy-and-heather-schlegel on #SoundCloud
The Automotive Singularity is Not Here - a SxSW provocation w @AlexRoy144 @damonlavrinc @envisioneering http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/47256 #futureofcars
@fatemehx2 totally! And you know you're episode it out .... tomorrow!
Can I handle two podcasts released this week? One on Autonomous Cars, the other on Data Ownership & IoT Device Interop? Yes! Can you?
RT @collinkrum: Listening to: The Future of Cars with Alex Roy and Heather Schlegel #nowplaying #np https://soundcloud.com/futurevescent/the-future-of-cars-with-alex-roy-and-heather-schlegel cc: @heatherves…
RT @AlexRoy144: An awesome podcast featuring...myself. Discussing the Automotive singularity... @bypatrickgeorge @damonlavrinc https://t.c…
@jfmusial @AlexRoy144 enjoying the ability to drive myself while I can! ;-) did you check out our podcast? https://soundcloud.com/futurevescent/the-future-of-cars-with-alex-roy-and-heather-schlegel
@fatemehx2 also, I meant to reply to your very thoughtful comment on my blog. I agree I think about driving in a different way.
@fatemehx2 and that's exactly why I'm raising the point. The emotional experience of driving, instead of transportation.
RT @rightfuture: Thought for Today: Remember, if you are following 'trends' you are ALREADY behind #T4T
@fatemehx2 @Engelgau definitely check it out, going live in about 15 minutes! #futureofwearables #whoownsyourdata
Today's #futureofwearables episode is w @fatemehx2 on data ownership & the God box problem. Thanks to http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3728282
RT @efng: Dawn through branches, hummingbirds stir. Clouds grapple sky. Passion is the start, passion is the finish.
@collinkrum what was your favorite part of the conversation? cc @AlexRoy144
RT @fatemehx2: This was such a fun conversation. #privacy, emotional attachment to our devices, and the Pandora's Box of data! https://t.co…
RT @fatemehx2: Want to hear more? Here are two #sxsw2016 panels to vote for: https://shar.es/1tC5kF http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/47256 https://t.co…
@collinkrum @AlexRoy144 love the idea!
I am shocked! Shocked! there is no avocado emoji.
I'm putting together a series of articles on the Future of Money. What do you want to know? #futureofmoney #fintech
My favorite ELO. "What can you do, when your dream world is gone" https://youtu.be/Sg59ehttbwg
@BLR13 what have you learned so far? Care to do a mini-interview?
"It will only change ... when the entire way of hiring & working & firing stops making economic sense." -Amazon #capitalism #futureofmoney
RT @Cruftbox: For all the drama, we live in amazing times. Today I'll cross the country in 6 hours, reading the internets while eating junk…
Bitcoin, Self Driving cars; Financial Safety, Auto Safety #analogy #future #unintendedconsequences #limitedsolutions #safetybias
The #FutureofCars & the Open Road. A podcast with @AlexRoy144. Don't miss it if you are curious! http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2015/08/the-future-of-cars.html
RT @Ruth666: Just when you think you can't… You can! #glyph #hack #Ingress https://instagram.com/p/6ZD19DGqj0/
Pay What You Want is a business model I've used. #futureofmoney http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/what-would-you-pay-for-this-meal/
RT @IEEESA: Explore the #eyewearables future w/ @soupsales @brookelinville @heathervescent and #innovega @SXSW. VOTE NOW! http://t.co/ugfH8…
I'm so excited to release my amazing conversation with Sci-Fi Author @ramez on the #futureofwearables tomorrow!
You don't want to miss today's #futureofwearables episode with Sci-Fi author @ramez on the freedom of wearables. http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3745309
I backed the @ouraring but I hope for their success & #thefutureofwearables, the hype & expectation dies down.
@marshallk How many on this list did you reach out to? Because I was not one of them and I have BIG ANSWERS WHY about it.
The future is misunderstood by most people. So what is it? I take a crack explaining it. http://www.slideshare.net/heathervescent/what-is-the-future
@artofmanliness @nntaleb Feeling like a roman man trapped in the body of 21st century woman. So much skin in the #futureofmoney.
Why is so much targeted to Boomers & Millennials? Money. They want yours. GenX will never be the target of a marketing campaign.
@stevesi the things that change the world take years, decades to develop their potential. They are not on a VCs investment scale.
Heya @DuenaBlomstrom you got more stuff up about #emotionalbanking?
@stevesi you invest in 50-100 year timeframes?
@stevesi guess I'm cynical from all the start-up experiences I've had when VCs pull/don't reinvest after 2-5 years.
@stevesi few have appetite for long runways to develop the marketplace for emerging products.
@DuenaBlomstrom wonderful! glad you are running with this! It's important!
@stevesi and sometimes the technology is too early for an acceptable ROI from investors.
@stevesi or Sony. Some companies think about the long-term impact on the world. I wouldn't say academia does this. Few live to 100.
@stevesi these are ideas that transcend human lifespans. Legacy.
@stevesi @bornonjuly4 maybe we can rethink the ROIs of what is invested in for longer term benefit.
@stevesi true.
@stevesi @bornonjuly4 I thought desalination was not yet economically feasible. Costs too high (energy costs mostly).
@stevesi @bornonjuly4 and some have a different view of financial resource allocation. An economic drought hurts innovation.
@bornonjuly4 @stevesi but low hanging fruit is an easier sell, easier to execute and easier to extract an ROI from!!!!
@bornonjuly4 @stevesi we have enough brainpower on this planet to solve *ALL* the problems we have today.
@dgwbirch Not you Dave. You have manners!
@stevesi @bornonjuly4 we have enough food bc of chemistry/biology. but chemistry also fouled our environment as an unintended consequence.
@stevesi @bornonjuly4 food distribution was not a "problem/opportunity" until we had an abundant, stable food supply.
I love @nntaleb 's words, but I would never engage him in an actual conversation. I'll read you from afar. Keep being provocative/real!
RT @chyppings: #TTTU2015 friends, facts and our favourite fintech futurologist @heathervescent. The Toronto Unconference on September 8th. …
What questions do you have about the future of transactions? money? paying for things?
RT @futuryst: The prediction monster is the weenie control freak inside each of us who desperately wants to believe the future can be tamed…
BUT MATH CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE!!!11!!1! @futuryst (jk. it can't either)
I made this presentation yesterday to explain why you CAN'T predict the future. http://www.slideshare.net/heathervescent/what-is-the-future
@johnedgarpark of course you did!
Thanks! RT @mjarkiver1 Awesome episode of @heathervescent's #futureofwearables w/@ramez - Check it out here: https://itun.es/us/UriI7.c?i=350059425 …
No lyrics for Kool & the Gang's Summer Madness, just a smooth sweeping ribbon to fly upon. Desert thunderstorms, rainbows & sunsets optional
This is AMAZING! --> Kulitta: Extending Human Composers: http://news.yale.edu/2015/08/20/you-d-never-know-it-wasn-t-bach-or-even-human #AugAI
FTR, I use the term Augmented Intelligence (AugAI) when describing Technology enhanced Humans. Coined by @biosopher during our podcast.
@dailyzen One need not destroy, to detach. Wind blows. Leaves flutter.
@Serena there's no reason to leave our amazing city. Vacation every day.
@dearsarah Pretty sure that post was somewhat inspired by my FB post about an experience I had last year. (oh hi! :-) )
@dearsarah OMG! That is horrible! I am so sorry. I think your letter probably did something - they took my story seriously. Hugs.
@dearsarah :( more hugs.
@dearsarah Hugs all around. :)
Just caught up on the @xoxo schedule. WOW! Thanks for ALL you do @waxpancake. It was great meeting & talking at FOO. See you in a few weeks!
RT @waxpancake: a valid grievance from the xoxo slack
imageRT @waxpancake: Our Film & Animation lineup is out! http://blog.xoxofest.com/post/127187111740/announcing-film-animation Justin Roiland, Anita Sarkeesian, Baman Piderman, Every Frame A …
Many friends are mourning deaths on FB. I remind others to <3 those alive. A friend reminds us to call Dad. I do. 2 hours later, I hang up.
Friday night. Let's see. @ingress time or deep end of FinTech research.
@BenedictEvans I'm not ready to give up the thrill of driving for safety. I don't see anyone addressing the emotional aspects of driving.
@hardaway @BenedictEvans perhaps. You'll have to pull my stick shift from my cold dead hands. Unless there is a super pursuit mode.
Someday in the future, a new industry will disrupt the software industry. #thelongview
Exactly! RT @bornonjuly4 @BenedictEvans no amount of self driving magic will replace a land cruiser in the Utah wilderness :-) #capitolreef
@steven_stefanik It pains me. I'll advocate to keep the passion of the road in whatever we're driving. @AlexRoy144
@steven_stefanik plus cars gave a different kind of passion - speed & acceleration. They were a better horse. Autonomous cars, not so much.
@steven_stefanik unless my algodriver drives like speed racer and the safe algodrivers get out of the way. ;) @AlexRoy144
Algodriver = the technology driving your self driving car. It may or not reflect your values, from safety to speed racer. #futureofcars
Will your algodriver carry Grey Poupon or put the pedal to the metal? https://youtu.be/wyzxg66CZ68 #futureofcars
@steven_stefanik @AlexRoy144 I'm full of ideas! ;-)
@ninavizz @BenedictEvans it's the problem with deus ex machina religion.
Friday night with the @WeAreVSQ, jaded version: https://youtu.be/cAKsKMgQFFM #violentfemmes (gonna learn this on flute)
There's a body on the railing, that I can't identify. And I'd like to reassure you, but I'm not that kind of guy. #lyricsgame
@BenedictEvans @ninavizz don't know which account you're talking about.
@BenedictEvans @ninavizz I use the term deus ex machina to explain the belief that technology will solve all problems. It won't.
Celebrating 9 years with my Purple Tornado, a corporate extension of my identity, making possibilities, realities.
@BenedictEvans @ninavizz in the greek tradition it is a method to wrap up loose ends (solve an unsolvable problem).
@BenedictEvans @ninavizz I find it maps well to many people's views in tech that it will solve our problems. I don't know you, so I
@BenedictEvans @ninavizz don't know where you stand with this. But your post was very tech will change the world focused.
@BenedictEvans @ninavizz missing other factors that influence the way the future unfolds.
@BenedictEvans @ninavizz technology is part of solutions, but not the whole solution.
@BenedictEvans @ninavizz Tech is not the _only_ thing changing the world. We've used it to evolve since before agriculture was discovered.
@BenedictEvans @ninavizz that's my point. Tech is _part_ of the evolving future, but not the only variable.
Humans, I can't wait until we mature as a species. http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/08/ashley-madison-hack-should-scare-you-too.html #privacy #hacking #!empathy
I counted 20 brands in the new apple pay commercial, only 2 are finance (BofA & Amex) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58gAy85dwf0
@brentbushnell Mercerism?
LOVE this museum concept: The Empathy Museum. London. #futureofrelationships http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/at-the-worlds-first-empathy-museum-visitors-walk-a-mile-in-another-persons-shoes-literally-20150821 ht @dearsarah
If you work in "the film biz" you might find this tumblr amusing. (looking at you @shanenickerson & @slackmistress) http://onsetsnark.tumblr.com/
The future is a lot different if your focus is merely business and profit.
I have a hard time believing futures that are mainly focused on business and profit, because I see a complex world beyond money.
But much of that complexity is left out of business models and future predictions. Thus business is often surprised by the future.
It doesn't have to be an either/or future. But most people think in terms of either/or, so it's hard to accept contradictory positions.
This is the beauty of paradoxes. They are simple tools that include and transcend a dual worldview.
@MadelineAshby I'm with you on that. I use the term protopian to explain my tendency toward positive futures, where challenges were overcome
@MadelineAshby I want to clarify, my protopian futures are not pure utopian. Problems exist, problems were solved. Future is like present.
@MadelineAshby also, we should catch up one of these days.
@redesign oh interesting. thanks for sharing.
@redesign It's true they did. And they still will. The importance is shifting to include a more complete picture.
RT @redesign: @heathervescent Until recently, most business model methods optimized for profit. You might see our 2015 methods http://t.co/…
RT @mouseferatu: The best way to react to the #HugoAwards, whether or not you're happy with them? Go buy a few of the kinds of books you li…
@BradenMack indeed, but it doesn't have to be the endgame. money, air; businesses, life.
@BradenMack it absolutely is! and thank god for that!
@MadelineAshby @changeist @crouchingbadger and this is how we get to satire futures. Terry Pratchett.
RT @ingenesist: @heathervescent This is important - a cryptocurrency with Intrinsic Value http://www.ingenesist.com/introducing-intrinsic-coin/
@ingenesist very interesting!
Nobody knows what the future of FinTech is. @chris_skinner states the obvious. (Thank you!) http://thefinanser.co.uk/fsclub/2015/08/does-anyone-really-think-banks-arent-aware-of-the-fintech-challenge.html
Been stalking all my old (as in from 2012) FinTech colleagues. Expect to see some new FinTech stuff from me soon.
Film Festival, watching student films; FinTech Startups, what I am doing right now. #analogy #hireaprofessionalcopywriter
How will Moore's Law impact wearable technology? @ramez & I discuss this & more on this #futureofwearables podcast. http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2015/08/ramez-naam-on-the-freedom-of-wearables.html
Bel Air is scared of AirBnB. Cite insurance increases (resolved by AirBnB's own insurance) to block new LA ordinance. http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2014/14-1635-S2_cis_8-21-15.pdf
Same fear I heard when co-writing the set of regulations for short term rentals in 29 Palms.
@sblackmoore People are gonna short-term rent their houses regardless of the law. We should make it easy to collect TOT tax.
@sblackmoore but yes, will be interesting to watch.
Tomorrow at 2:30, the Planning and Land Use Commission is meeting about an ordinance on short term rentals in LA. Not my first rodeo.
RT @sblackmoore: @heathervescent Agreed. Having a way for them to do it legally also means the city can more easily impose regulations as n…
@sblackmoore Exactly. It's good business. It accepts the wave of the future. Deny and you'll be fucked worse later.
Read the real life case studies for short-term rentals: http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2014/14-1635-s2_misc_m__08-24-2015.pdf #sharingeconomy
@sblackmoore I couldn't have said it better!
I couldn't have said it better! https://twitter.com/sblackmoore/status/636049606124564480
The problem in Venice and other areas is not short-term rentals, it's affordable housing.
More letters supporting smart regulation of LA's short-term rental market: http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2014/14-1635-s2_pc_8-24-2015.pdf #sharingeconomy
Over and over the story is, economic collapse, no jobs, AirBnB saved me and often now is my only income. (My story too.) #sharingeconomy
The concerns people have with the #sharingeconomy can be address through regulation. I advocate dialog to co-create regulations.
@ninavizz that's what I used to think.... until I participated in the process. I can't believe I'm in support of appropriate regulations.
@ninavizz but it helps in considering everyone's perspective, those who support and those who have concern/fears.
@ninavizz and done right, regulations can be transparent and inclusive. That's actually the point of bureaucracy.
With due respect, @BenedictEvans sounds like you're missing @quinnnorton 's point. Might want to consider it, as bias antidote.
RT @slackmistress: If your biggest fear in leveling the Hollywood playing field is that you might not get work, you aren't talented enough …
@slackmistress it's beta males vs alpha females. misusing gender to dis-empower.
Read between the lines of this Bloomberg article on Identity Theft & you'll find human desires for a better life. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-15/an-identity-thief-explains-the-art-of-emptying-your-bank-account
@tek_fin when did this new wave of disruption begin?
Those were the days! https://twitter.com/chrismessina/status/636222965714042880
@tek_fin thanks! trying to understand the context of the current fintech disruption.
In LA council chambers @mikebonin states the state of short-term rentals completely with its honest complexity. #sharingeconomy
The queue outside chamber councils. https://instagram.com/p/60i9g_JvcX/ #sharingeconomy #losangeles
RT @mikebonin: The council just voted to allow @uber & @lyft to pick people up from @flyLAXairport. LA is putting passenger choice first!
RT @pinkyracr: Listening to mikebonin represent for the humans of Los Angeles who need to be able to live here. His… https://instagram.com/p/60n70bIWJL/
Several hours of comments on #sharingeconomy. I spoke second in support of co-creating community appropriate regulation.
It's really amazing to hear both sides of this issue ask for regulation. The battle will be in the details. #sharingeconomy
@usabilitycounts LOL
Tomorrow is the 15th amazing conversation about the Future of Wearables. Curious? Listen to the previous 14: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/future-of-wearables-podcast.html
Being an activist downtown Los Angeles. #sharingeconomy #mydayinla #cityhall #dtla https://instagram.com/p/61XBYHJvab/
A packed house for public comments on whether LA should regulate the #sharingeconomy. #mydayinla… https://instagram.com/p/61XSGkJvaq/
Today's #futureofwearables episode is w/ Bright Sky CEO & founder @seanwhite on 20 years of wearable technology http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3758733
Waiting for the hearing on short-term VHRs in LA. #sharingeconomy #futureofmoney #latergram @ Los… https://instagram.com/p/60i9g_JvcX/
The conversation has begun in earnest. This is how you co-create the future. https://twitter.com/mikebonin/status/636572068641804288
@FutureBoy That makes me so happy!
@Ruth666 @joeyx666 I only wear a onesie when I'm driving a very fast car or in PJs. ;-)
@joeyx666 @Ruth666 I forgot I also wear them when performing. In that case, it's a full body skeleton unitard. #zombieswithoutborders
22 years of Emergency on Planet Earth, might as well dance to a funky beat. https://youtu.be/zuR5TYI5Qkg?t=23s #so90s
GENIUS! YESSSSSSS! https://twitter.com/joeyx666/status/636981626745040896
@ninavizz that kind of anger is about lack of control. killing/suicide is the ultimate control.
People don't want all this tech in their cars. The #futureofcars is not what you think it is. /. comments are gold http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/27/0049214/many-drivers-never-use-in-vehicle-tech-dont-want-apple-or-google-in-next-car
RT @sblackmoore: The biggest problem for writers, film-makers, and creators in general is making people aware of their stuff.
Follow @sblackmoore for awesomeness, his own and many others.
So. Hot.
Yes! I <3 these two movies. https://twitter.com/newbeverly/status/637459701173743616
@joegerstandt I'm curious what's your preferred way to interact with it?
RT @ericgarland: I could be wrong, but then where did this myth of lifetime employment and benefits and stability come from? Not from Gen X…
@joegerstandt how are you using wearables, that's not interesting (or might I conjecture, irritating?)
How much could I give, to reciprocate what @alejodorowsky has already given? There is not enough money in the world. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/alejandro-jodorowsky-endless-poetry#/story
@Ruth666 ooohhh. Looks like something that needs to be at the dome. ;-)
@karaswisher sounds like you need Salvation Mountain instead.
RT @Ruth666: For $25 you stream the film + soundtrack! Help make it happen for Alejandro Jodorowsky - Endless Poetry http://igg.me/p/alejandro-jodorowsky-endless-poetry/cstw/1604032…
RT @quickmuse: .@johnchavens Being human has always kinda been an acquired skill. No, instead of competing with our own inhumanity we're ra…
Horrible Idea. No. Just No. Technology is not mommy. https://twitter.com/jkrim/status/638102372900806656
RT @newbeverly: I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' …
But there's all this resistance. And human emotions. And pre-programmed societal bs. Just give me a pill. (jk) https://twitter.com/leashless/status/638108107495882752
@leashless not like it's a destination you reach and then, shazam!! all is fine. But also, it is like shazam, and all is fine.
@leashless Agree. I wish more people paid attention to their death.
@leashless and maybe my tweet was unclear. I was making a joke that enlightenment is both and not only a destination.
@leashless with all due respect, it appears you're missing part of the experience. it's not hard. you don't have to sit. it just is.
@leashless in my experience, a brash and forceful will does not make it happen. nor desire for. it occurs. and we forget again.
@leashless compassion and empathy for oneself - and others. to be human, and to be more than human.
@leashless but I allow your experience/intention is different from mine. although I expect you would argue with that. I accept it.
@leashless I assume you know the 4 natural enemies, of which clarity is the second.
Does anyone else get distracted tracking down a sample from electronica music? "Do you suppose robots would enjoy listening to music?"
@evacide there's a Lost Horizon Night Market truck where you can do that. I think it's Oakland based.
RT @bfeld: DEFRAG 2015 – Women in Tech Scholarships http://buff.ly/1JscCnL
The past 20 years of wearables: what's changed & what's the same. A #futureofwearables conversation with @seanwhite http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2015/08/sean-white-on-20-years-of-wearable-technology.html
