Ed Finn
@zonal
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Director, Center for Science and the Imagination + Associate Professor @ASU. I write research + experiment for better futures. He/him. Tweets my own.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined March 2009
THAT'S RIGHT. A FUTURE TENSE FICTION PODCAST!.
You heard right! Future Tense Fiction has a new podcast. Tune in tomorrow for a conversation between @Annaleen and @themadstone about "When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis.".
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In which I discuss imagination and the future of learning.
In every school, students learn about history—why not the future? On the latest episode of @asueducation's Learning Futures podcast, CSI director @zonal and learning scientist @szuiker discuss futures thinking in K12 education:
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In which I opine on what might happen if we replace search bars with chatbots @FutureTenseNow:
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Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI want to change our relationship with information—and not in a good way.
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RT @AeroSciengineer: (1/2) This conversation with @zonal, like his Center for Science and the Imagination (@imaginationASU), is a bounty of….
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RT @imaginationASU: Our festival of futures @asuemerge is looking for volunteers on Nov 19 to help before, during, and after the event @Mes….
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RT @michaelcrow: The data is in. Students in @ASU's #DreamscapeLearn biology #VR course had significantly higher lab grades and stronger….
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RT @imaginationASU: Read the latest story in our Us in Flux project—“The Island,” by @snarkbat, about ability and disability, journalism, a….
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A story about ability and disability, journalism, and creating adaptable communities.
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RT @pturaga1: Bringing Sundance, Tribeca, Venice to @ASU campus! Announcing VR film series, in partnership with @wonderspaces. Screenings….
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RT @imaginationASU: Our festival of futures @asuemerge is coming up on Saturday, Nov 19 @MesaArtsCenter! It’s free and open to everyone, wi….
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How often do you get to call a Utopian Hotline? Come dial up the future through daytime hours at the call center and evening performances, all at the amazing @asumixcenter in downtown Mesa this week!
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It’s such a thrill to be working with @DrSianProctor this year!.
We're delighted to welcome the polymathic @DrSianProctor, our new artist + explorer in residence, hosted along with our friends at @II_ASU, @SESEASU, and @ASUTheCollege!
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RT @imaginationASU: Join us for the 4th International Conference on Anticipation, @Anticipation22, to explore futures thinking, justice, de….
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RT @imaginationASU: Visit to learn more about our festival of the future, coming up on Saturday, November 19 in Mes….
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This was a great conversation:.
ICYMI: Watch the video of our event “Designing the Future with Applied Sci-Fi,” featuring @bruces @darthjulian @anabjain @worldbldg + @radha_mistry , moderated by @BDJFuturist!
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RT @ASU_ArtsMedia: Congratulations to Arts, Media and Engineering student, Ivan Mendoza on accepting this great opportunity with The Smiths….
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RT @imaginationASU: Our latest piece of fiction with @FutureTenseNow: “Yellow,” a story by @bpladek about quantifying risk, and the challen….
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Read a new short story by B. Pladek about what happens when a personal risk assessment app becomes a political tool.
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RT @darthjulian: Still the Best Design Fiction explainer video. simple, straightforward, no boss fights, no academic gobbledegook. Just de….
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RT @lisakaysolomon: "Design fiction is really Design when done well. It's not just a form of popular fiction, like science fiction is. Fun….
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Alex McDowell: our job as designers is to throw the script away. The script is a narrative about what the actors do. Minority Report was a great liberator because it wasn't a script, it was world first.
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.@darthjulian: Trying to find out how science fiction can be more responsible. How can you articulate a vision of the future that is more habitable? That seed of possibility--you start pausing on it, reading about it.
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