Where is my flying car?

The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation: we’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast-forward 60 years, and we’re still stuck in traffic in gas-guzzling sedans and boarding the same types of planes we flew in over half a century ago. What happened to the future we were promised?

In his recent book "Where Is My Flying Car?", J. Storrs Hall sets out to answer this deceptively simple question. What starts as an examination of the technical limitations of building flying cars evolves into an investigation of the scientific, technological, and social roots of the economic stagnation that started in the 1970s. From the failure to adopt nuclear energy and the suppression of cold fusion technology to the rise of a counterculture hostile to progress, Hall recounts how our collective ambitions for the future were derailed, with devastating consequences for global wealth creation and distribution. Hall then outlines a framework for a future powered by exponential progress--one in which we build as much in the world of atoms as we do in the world of bits, one rich in abundance and wonder.

Drawing on years of original research and personal engineering experience, "Where Is My Flying Car?" is an urgent, timely analysis of technological progress over the last 50 years and a bold vision for a better future. See https://www.amazon.co.uk/Where-Flying-Car-Storrs-Hall-ebook/dp/B09H478XG4/

In this London Futurists webinar, J. Storrs Hall will be presenting some key themes from his book and his ongoing research into innovation, and answering questions from audience members.

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This event will be hosted on Zoom. To register, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NG-2lSXGT4OkMWPeq8E9hQ

The Zoom registration fee (UKP £2.50) helps cover London Futurists running costs. (The Zoom registration page opens a PayPal interface, but there is NO requirement for attendees to use a PayPal account.)

The webinar can also be viewed, without charge, on the London Futurists YouTube channel, but without the option to participate in the live Q&A.

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J. Storrs Hall is an independent researcher and writer. His research interests include molecular nanotechnology and the design of useful macroscopic machines using the capabilities of molecular manufacturing. His background is in computer science, particularly parallel processor architectures, artificial intelligence, particularly agoric and genetic algorithms as used in design, and reversible computing.

His previous books are "Nanofuture: What's Next For Nanotechnology" and "Beyond AI: Creating the Conscience of the Machine".

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The webinar will start broadcasting at 4pm UK time on Sat 19th March. To find this time in other timezones, use https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220319T160000&p1=136

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As the discussion proceeds, attendees will be welcome to raise questions and vote to prioritise questions raised by others.

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