The Long History of the Future is now out in the US and Canada! . @TheEconomist "funny, counterintuitive" .@Engadget "a really informative deep dive that’s also pretty fun to read".@thetimes "interesting and insightful". @sigmascience @BloomsburyBooks.

Delighted to have had my book reviewed by my hometown's best magazine, the excellent @albertaviews . Check it out here:

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RT @cspan: Q&A with technology reporter Nicole Kobie (@njkobie), author of "The Long History of the Future," talks about how technology evo….

RT @MotherJones: How much boot can these bootlickers fit in their mouths?

RT @WHYYThePulse: We often see the future as a sudden breakthrough, but in reality, it unfolds gradually through incremental progress, push….

Wrote for Forbes about the end of Scotland’s CAVForth driverless bus project I went to see last year. Turns out AB1 often ran in manual mode with a driver. Fair enough as was a trial, but lots of reports blame.passenger numbers for its demise.

RT @rohitbhargava: Congratulations to @njkobie and the entire team at.@sigmascience for The Long History of the Future being selected for t….

RT @rohitbhargava: Congratulations to @njkobie and the entire team at @sigmascience for The Long History of the Future being selected for t….

RT @newscientist: Don’t be fooled by Elon Musk’s chatty Optimus robots

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Wrote about robots for @newscientist TLDR: if a robot is walking and talking, odds are it's an avatar or really heavily programmed. And when super smart androids do get built, expect a better reveal than delivering canapes and chat at a party.

RT @VPPetya: Great to see #escooter legislation getting attention this week. I spoke with @Forbes about the importance of addressing rider….

@sigmascience @BloomsburyBooks Short review of Long History of the Future in @nature! "vivid account of why the future often takes so long to arrive" .

RT @ExtinctionR: At least 63 people have died in Spain after flash flooding smashed a large area in the south and east of the country. Thes….

Hey @GarethDennis it’s here already! Looking forward to reading it, going straight to the top of the pile

RT @jordanchirsch: In @WSJ, I review "The Long History of the Future," a history of the elusive technologies, from flying cars to robots, t….

RT @paulnovosad: What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you….

Review from @engadget! . Go read it, but they call it "surprisingly entertaining", "a witty analysis," and "a really informative deep dive that’s also pretty fun to read." . That's the book I was hoping to write, so this makes me happy to hear.

RT @DrSimEvans: Today is the day the UK becomes the first G7 country to completely phase out coal power. Since opening "Jumbo", the world's….