Thomas Frey
futuristspeaker.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2011
Thomas Frey is a futurist who publishes predictions on jobs, education, drones, driverless cars and other technology trends.
What HN saysCommenters link it for specific posts, including one criticizing the Drake equation and one on false promises of the internet, with some skepticism toward its forecasts.
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Most-shared posts
- 12 Billion Jobs to Disappear by 20303 people · 61 points · first shared 2012 · 42 comments on HN
- 2The Day of the Drone is Upon Us2 people · 1 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 3By 2030 over 50% of Colleges will Collapse1 people · 8 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 4What is humanity's "prime directive?" Hint: Star Trek has it wrong1 people · 5 points · first shared 2013 · 5 comments on HN
- 5Big Data, the end of Stock Market, or just a new step?1 people · 4 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 633 Dramatic Predictions for 20301 people · 3 points · first shared 2016 · 1 comments on HN
- 710 Unanswerable Questions That Neither Science nor Religion Can Answer1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 810 Unanswerable Questions That Neither Science nor Religion Can Answer1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 9Introducing the One-Person Business Empire: An Option VCs want you to Overlook1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 10Tax Code 2.0: Is Extreme Complexity the New Simplicity?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 11128 Things that will disappear in the driverless car era1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 12Drones Not Just for Fun,192 Future Uses for Flying Drones1 people · 1 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 13Eight false promises of the internet1 people · first shared 2022
- 14Dismantling of our power industry infrastructure1 people · first shared 2012
- 15Are we alone the fallacies and misguided thinking behind the drake equation1 people · first shared 2022
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drewcoo · 2022-09-03
I think the criticisms aren't that the Drake equation is reductive, so much as that it's packed with unspoken assumptions and that it's not actually helpful.
https://futuristspeaker.com/futurist-thomas-frey-insights/are-we-alone…
And for inspiration to search for extraterrestrial life? I think Star Trek has done that job better.
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1385/to-boldly-go-how-star-trek-inspi…
Failure is useful if we can learn from it. If we keep treating the Drake equation as meaningful, we're not learning.
chiffre01 · 2022-09-02
Remembering all those "The internet has no borders arguments from the 90s and early 2000s:
https://futuristspeaker.com/business-trends/eight-false-promises-of-th…
itsbits · 2015-03-13
Interesting...
http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2011/10/the-coming-food-printer-revolut… Please We should call it as a cooking machine..i can't digest food when they say it as a 3D printer..
leonardo54 · 2012-02-18
He goes into more detail about the new power technology here - http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2012/02/dismantling-of-our-power-indust…