FourCast
2009 · Talk · 1 Season · 92 Episodes ·
Join Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt to get short term, long term, and crazy predictions, as well as the always interesting FourCast Findings and FourCast QuickFire Questions segments. They're a little lazy, so they bring on two guests every episode and make them do the work.
Episodes
88. Black Tar EinsteinWe got brain drain, big bangs and charity that gives back.E8989. We Welcome Our Tank Spider OverlordsWe wear our computers, improve our toilets and all die in a singularity. But we can think our way out of it.E9090. Putting the "I" In IPOBeatniks, home power and board games will make our future complete.E9191. Designer ProstheticsAliens will bind us, waste will be dealt with and the makers will inherit the Earth.E9292. Vote GibbonIt's survival of the cutest, or survival of the aliens that can't enjoy simulations. But we can't use telepathy because of the ads.E9393. Go Goa'uld or Go HomeCivil War leads to education reform, and finally to the singularity.E9494. Space DragonsWe live long enough to end the US, colonize the universe and meet the alien dragons.E9595. Swappin' Body PartsWe'll archive our brains, defy gravity, and colonize planets with SimCity Arcologies.E9696. Return of Alien NationGiant halogens on Mars, equal rights for time, and all hail the electronic king.E9797. Pulp Toy Story DogsWe all create the movies we want in our barter society, when we're into playing realistic D&D sims. But we're all part of the AI game.E9898. Holographic BieberSure, you can't hug a child with robotic eyes, and printing a baby has issues, but our perma-kittens will take our minds off it.E9999. Spider StateWe stay away from space, impose a police state and then hand it over the printed-out spiders.E100100. Voodoo Bernie Is the FutureWe get avatars and live for a long time, but the aliens will keep us in line.
101. The Guilted AgePop in your new eyes and enjoy the new middle ages, before humanity shuts down for good and becomes hermit snipers.E102102. MegafaunaChip me baby one more time. Also giant elephants protect us.E103103. Moonifest DestinyChina's on the Moon, the robots beat everyone else, but at least we have voice control.E104104. Introducing the Thought DVRWe move into the ocean, shut off annoyances and stop cruelty. Really? Yes.E105105. My Bricks Are OnlineWe all stop commuting, but we have self-driving cars! And holographic keyboards.E106106. Eyeball in My ColonWe learn how to grow eyeballs in inappropriate places, our biometrics gets hacked, but we don't care because we can get our entertainment everywhere.E107107. Robot Death or Lizard FaceSure we can't tell if it's a computer, but it won't kill us. It will kill our physical-altered progeny. Am I right?E108108. Nobody Wants To Raise GrandmaAlso you'll need an email address in the future, but not necessarily an ID.E109109. Ubiquitous MediaComputing will be everywhere and so will media, but it will all happen in our minds.E110110. Photography Becomes ArchaeologyWe pick our pictures after the fact and take back control of publishing!E111111. Beam Me Out MommyPregnancy will get easier, safer and we'll pay the hospital bills in hugs.E112112. The Nanobots Made My Brain Do ItYour heads up display won't let you get lost, but you're rewired brain may not like where you go.
113. Kickstart My Comic HeartKickstart my comic heart and speak my version of English while you do it.E114114. No Keyboard, No SecurityWe'll need a disaster to teach us computer security, but we won't have those nasty keyloggers since we'll all use tablets.E115115. Spectrum in My HeadWe'll have enough bandwidth to live in the Simiverse and shoot documentary movies there.E116116. TV and Movies MergeCinemas will show TV shows, movies come straight to your TV, plus other shocking developments.E117117. Free Phone, Strong Heart, Can't LoseWe'll have an Amazon phone that's ad supported and upgraded organs to enjoy it with.E118118. No Ultrabooks, Just Paper BooksWhile the name ultrabook will become meaningless, eBooks will not replace the dead trees entirely.E119119. What’s the Digital Matter?We'll be able to program matter to be whatever we want, too bad nobody will know how it works.E120120. Your Tube Is HereTravel by tube in your custom car listening to your custom station.E121121. Jam the Reptile TerroristsWhen we all have wearable computing we'll need to jam it and stop the parallel universes from invading us. But at least we have easy access to Point Break.E122122. LastcastScott and Tom share their predictions in this the triumphant finale of FourCast.
