Scott Smith
@changeist.bsky.social
Futurist, Managing Partner: changeist.com.
Barcelona-based.
Lapsed commentator. Plot machine.
Author: “How to Future” (2020) howtofuture.com | “Future Cultures” (2023) futureculturesbook.com
Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com
Barcelona-based.
Lapsed commentator. Plot machine.
Author: “How to Future” (2020) howtofuture.com | “Future Cultures” (2023) futureculturesbook.com
Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com
Happy Hitchgiving to those who celebrate
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Happy Hitchgiving to those who celebrate
Back in 2018 we speculated a personalised reboot of My So Called Life as a provocation for Comcast.
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Back in 2018 we speculated a personalised reboot of My So Called Life as a provocation for Comcast.
Damn, Spotify. You know me.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Damn, Spotify. You know me.
To help our European colleagues and friends find signal in the noise, Changeist is running an online workshop to kick off 2026 👉 Horizon Scanning: Sensing & Sensemaking for a Complex World. January 15-16, 2026. Register before Dec 15 and take 15% off. Join us!
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
To help our European colleagues and friends find signal in the noise, Changeist is running an online workshop to kick off 2026 👉 Horizon Scanning: Sensing & Sensemaking for a Complex World. January 15-16, 2026. Register before Dec 15 and take 15% off. Join us!
EYE OF THE DEVIL/13 is on TCM in the US right now, and it’s one of my faves. Perfect Kerr double feature with THE INNOCENTS.
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
EYE OF THE DEVIL/13 is on TCM in the US right now, and it’s one of my faves. Perfect Kerr double feature with THE INNOCENTS.
My new computational linguistics stadium rock band name just dropped.
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My new computational linguistics stadium rock band name just dropped.
If you see this quote with a robot that is not from star wars, star trek, doctor who, or transformers.
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
If you see this quote with a robot that is not from star wars, star trek, doctor who, or transformers.
Why yes, October IS my favorite month.
(this is only half the month)
(this is only half the month)
October 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Why yes, October IS my favorite month.
(this is only half the month)
(this is only half the month)
Futurists offering each other their newsletters.
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Futurists offering each other their newsletters.
84 was a rich year. Pleasuredome edges out (fnar) these killers. I painted a copy of the center cover to decorate the art studio space I had at school.
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
84 was a rich year. Pleasuredome edges out (fnar) these killers. I painted a copy of the center cover to decorate the art studio space I had at school.
Perfect album released when you were 16
It's close, but I gotta say as an all-rounder, it's hard to beat (snicker) the production and creativity on this one.
It's close, but I gotta say as an all-rounder, it's hard to beat (snicker) the production and creativity on this one.
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Perfect album released when you were 16
It's close, but I gotta say as an all-rounder, it's hard to beat (snicker) the production and creativity on this one.
It's close, but I gotta say as an all-rounder, it's hard to beat (snicker) the production and creativity on this one.
Invoke Article 5 now.
October 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Invoke Article 5 now.
The NYT horror movie recommender wasn’t wrong.
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The NYT horror movie recommender wasn’t wrong.
Seems like a ploy to make me pro-AI
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Seems like a ploy to make me pro-AI
Quality night in with The Devil Rides Out (1968). 🐐
October 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Quality night in with The Devil Rides Out (1968). 🐐
Well done everyone.
October 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Well done everyone.
WSJ getting soft for Communism with Abundance Characteristics. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
WSJ getting soft for Communism with Abundance Characteristics. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Frankly insulted my family wasn’t invited to audition.
October 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Frankly insulted my family wasn’t invited to audition.
Also sponsoring relevant museum content (see bottom)
October 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Also sponsoring relevant museum content (see bottom)
on.ft.com/4pTQ3US America is now one big bet on AI
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
on.ft.com/4pTQ3US America is now one big bet on AI
I don’t know what is more interesting in this still from 2010: The Year We Make Contact… Heywood Floyd’s portable Apple IIc, or his Budweiser softpack.
September 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I don’t know what is more interesting in this still from 2010: The Year We Make Contact… Heywood Floyd’s portable Apple IIc, or his Budweiser softpack.
Not sure I was ready for this emotional swing in just two grafs
September 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Not sure I was ready for this emotional swing in just two grafs
Bruh. Where’ve you been for the last decade?
September 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Bruh. Where’ve you been for the last decade?
So many Rapture contrails today as those underpants burn off in the atmosphere.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
So many Rapture contrails today as those underpants burn off in the atmosphere.