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
Damn, Spotify. You know me.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Damn, Spotify. You know me.
Don’t mind me I’m just texting Gerry Rafferty lore to my kid.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Don’t mind me I’m just texting Gerry Rafferty lore to my kid.
Watching simps in ties talk about what a Democratic win giving up is.
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Watching simps in ties talk about what a Democratic win giving up is.
Time to mute title of [mid new TV series]
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Time to mute title of [mid new TV series]
It cuts every team both ways, but VAR seems to have created an opportunity for remote cowardice, which English referees seem delighted to embrace. It’s become a buck-passing system—pedantry-as-a-service.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It cuts every team both ways, but VAR seems to have created an opportunity for remote cowardice, which English referees seem delighted to embrace. It’s become a buck-passing system—pedantry-as-a-service.
Come to think of it, Thanksgiving *is* a good time to take food away from people, break up families, *and* wreck domestic air travel.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Come to think of it, Thanksgiving *is* a good time to take food away from people, break up families, *and* wreck domestic air travel.
This regime is one big memetic exploit after another. www.wsj.com/world/africa...
Exclusive | Inside Trump’s ‘Guns-a-Blazing’ Threat and Nigeria’s Race to Head It Off
The West African country is trying to persuade the president not to insert the U.S. military or cut off aid as largely Muslim cattle herdsmen are accused of killing Christians.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This regime is one big memetic exploit after another. www.wsj.com/world/africa...
The loss of a weird but every present artifact in America. Next, it'll be the Dr Bronner's soap label being replaced by AI slop. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
The Farmers’ Almanac reaches the end of the road after more than 200 years
The classic compendium of weather, wit and folklore — one of two longtime American almanacs — is stopping publication, and its 2026 edition will be its last.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The loss of a weird but every present artifact in America. Next, it'll be the Dr Bronner's soap label being replaced by AI slop. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Spain has had a socialist govt for 7.5 years, and, it's true, compared to the US, ESP economy is only growing at 3.5% (vs <2% US). And as small business owners, we have affordable health care (~$300 p/m), + soc sec + disability. Wild. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Spain has had a socialist govt for 7.5 years, and, it's true, compared to the US, ESP economy is only growing at 3.5% (vs <2% US). And as small business owners, we have affordable health care (~$300 p/m), + soc sec + disability. Wild. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alllmmmooossttt there... www.ft.com/content/c0f8...
China’s flying taxi leader aims to launch airport services within 3 years
EHang says its uncrewed electric aircraft could carry passengers into major Chinese cities for as little as $30
www.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Alllmmmooossttt there... www.ft.com/content/c0f8...
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!
Maybe this is the future of Breaking Futures? C-SPAN from the future? www.youtube.com/watch?v=shTb...
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Maybe this is the future of Breaking Futures? C-SPAN from the future? www.youtube.com/watch?v=shTb...
Why isn't there a goth Soho House equivalent? Seems like a market gap. Witch House? Anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Why isn't there a goth Soho House equivalent? Seems like a market gap. Witch House? Anyone?
Just popping into the SCOTUS tariffs arguments, and the justices don't seem amused by Sauer's presentation.
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just popping into the SCOTUS tariffs arguments, and the justices don't seem amused by Sauer's presentation.
You campaign in TikTok, but you govern in Office 95.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
You campaign in TikTok, but you govern in Office 95.
Vinicius Jr couldn’t get a game in Northern Ireland.
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Vinicius Jr couldn’t get a game in Northern Ireland.
I hope the guy from FRONTLINE gives the eulogy. youtu.be/aejXx_ycLrw?...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I hope the guy from FRONTLINE gives the eulogy. youtu.be/aejXx_ycLrw?...
Does Mick Herron insist on terrible theme songs for the series adapted from his work?
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Does Mick Herron insist on terrible theme songs for the series adapted from his work?
I don’t love Mamdani, though I can appreciate a lot of what he’s doing in this moment. He’ll have a rough ride if he wins. But what I can *really* appreciate is how his popularity has caused the great and good to ragequit and self-own. That’s something special.
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I don’t love Mamdani, though I can appreciate a lot of what he’s doing in this moment. He’ll have a rough ride if he wins. But what I can *really* appreciate is how his popularity has caused the great and good to ragequit and self-own. That’s something special.
Can anyone recommend contemporary French tech historians who are accessible in English? Looking at the last 40-50 years of computing in France.
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Can anyone recommend contemporary French tech historians who are accessible in English? Looking at the last 40-50 years of computing in France.
We ran a one-day paper version of this in Dubai a few years back. 50C days will be here before we think. beteve.cat/politica/sim...
El simulacre de calor de Barcelona a 50 graus es farà el primer trimestre del 2027
(ACN) El simulacre de calor de Barcelona a 50 graus es farà el primer trimestre del 2027 i durarà més d'un dia. Així ho ha detallat la primera tinenta
beteve.cat
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We ran a one-day paper version of this in Dubai a few years back. 50C days will be here before we think. beteve.cat/politica/sim...
You couldn’t possibly see the whole film here if you wanted to. youtu.be/AwE87zYSfL0?...
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 9:43 AM
You couldn’t possibly see the whole film here if you wanted to. youtu.be/AwE87zYSfL0?...
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.