Ed Finn

Director, Center for Science and the Imagination + Associate Professor @ASU. I write research + experiment for better futures. He/him. Tweets my own.

[Ed Finn @zonal]

@profwernimont Just saw this—thanks so much! That book keeps getting more out of date and yet not all the time :)

[Ed Finn @zonal]

THAT'S RIGHT. A FUTURE TENSE FICTION PODCAST!

[Future Tense @FutureTenseNow]

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."

[Ed Finn @zonal]

In which I discuss imagination and the future of learning

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

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: https://t.co/IwAKhfdomB

[Ed Finn @zonal]

In which I opine on what might happen if we replace search bars with chatbots @FutureTenseNow: https://t.co/GDkCle3VI7

[Ryan McGranaghan @AeroSciengineer]

(1/2) This conversation with @zonal, like his Center for Science and the Imagination (@imaginationASU), is a bounty of audacious ideas and a widening of imaginative capacity

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Our festival of futures @asuemerge is looking for volunteers on Nov 19 to help before, during, and after the event @MesaArtsCenter. Water, a meal, and snacks provided! Learn more and register: https://t.co/DcO4prcuj9

[Michael Crow @michaelcrow]

The data is in... Students in @ASU's #DreamscapeLearn biology #VR course had significantly higher lab grades and stronger engagement than peers who participated in the traditional lab course. #highered #edtech https://t.co/V0LgsVcS20

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Read the latest story in our Us in Flux project—“The Island,” by @snarkbat, about ability and disability, journalism, and creating adaptable communities: https://t.co/JJU9cNQNZW

[Pavan Turaga @pturaga1]

Bringing Sundance, Tribeca, Venice to @ASU campus! Announcing VR film series, in partnership with @wonderspaces. Screenings only on @ASU campus, in the School of Arts, Media, and Engineering @ASU_ArtsMedia.

Starts Halloween weekend. Grab tix now!
https://t.co/31t4P158ob

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Our festival of futures @asuemerge is coming up on Saturday, Nov 19 @MesaArtsCenter! It’s free and open to everyone, with activities for all ages. Bring your appetite and explore “eating at the edges,” the future of food: https://t.co/ck5yvGzjyb

[Ed Finn @zonal]

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! https://t.co/ssPgYztEfK

[Ed Finn @zonal]

It’s such a thrill to be working with @DrSianProctor this year!

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

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! https://t.co/77yzApEPyB

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Join us for the 4th International Conference on Anticipation, @Anticipation22, to explore futures thinking, justice, decolonizing anticipation, new media for visualizing futures, and more! Virtual conference on Nov 4 + in-person, Tempe, AZ Nov 16-18: https://t.co/HX0Hx0Roi5

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Visit https://t.co/ck5yvGzjyb to learn more about our festival of the future, coming up on Saturday, November 19 in Mesa, AZ!

[Ed Finn @zonal]

This was a great conversation:

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

ICYMI: Watch the video of our event “Designing the Future with Applied Sci-Fi,” featuring @bruces @darthjulian @anabjain @worldbldg + @radha_mistry , moderated by @BDJFuturist! https://t.co/jnEEE0J2Fa

[The GAME School at ASU @gameschoolasu]

Congratulations to Arts, Media and Engineering student, Ivan Mendoza on accepting this great opportunity with The Smithsonian's National Space and Air Museum!

@ASUHIDA

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Our latest piece of fiction with @FutureTenseNow: “Yellow,” a story by @bpladek about quantifying risk, and the challenges of learning to live with it. https://t.co/PZknl8wgbc

[Julian Bleecker @darthjulian]

Still the Best Design Fiction explainer video...simple, straightforward, no boss fights, no academic gobbledegook. Just design fiction.

https://t.co/vtC5yPxprK

[Lisa Kay Solomon @lisakaysolomon]

"Design fiction is really Design when done well. It's not just a form of popular fiction, like science fiction is. Fundamentally, you really need to understand design." @dbrucehi on power of Design Fiction to shape futures to open @imaginationASU panel w/ @BDJFuturist

[Ed Finn @zonal]

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.

[Ed Finn @zonal]

Kicking off an amazing panel on design fiction and #appliedscifi, moderated by @BDJFuturist--such a great lineup! Happening now, leading off with the great Bruce Sterling! Part of our Applied Sci Fi project led by @KevinBankston.

https://t.co/zIf1LzRnLN

[Ed Finn @zonal]

.@anabjain: after a certain point these methods cannot be taught, they have to be undergone. Experiencing a multiplicity of worlds, of voices, is really important.

SF can also be dangerous--certain kinds of science fiction may be responsible for the mess we are in today.