Scott Smith
@changeist.bsky.social
Futurist, Managing Partner: changeist.com.
2nd worst copper merchant in Ur.
Author: “How to Future” (2020) howtofuture.com | “Future Cultures” (2023) futureculturesbook.com
Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com
2nd worst copper merchant in Ur.
Author: “How to Future” (2020) howtofuture.com | “Future Cultures” (2023) futureculturesbook.com
Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com
Which will burst first: the AI critics or the AI bubble?
January 4, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Which will burst first: the AI critics or the AI bubble?
And now we go live to a haunted steak house...
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
And now we go live to a haunted steak house...
"...a peptide rave with a cyberpunk dress code..." 😂
"Nasal oxytocin will be Ozempic for autism"
Melanin parties.
The fun just don't stop.
www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
"Nasal oxytocin will be Ozempic for autism"
Melanin parties.
The fun just don't stop.
www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
Odd Lots: The Booming Business of Chinese Peptides - Bloomberg
Understand every aspect of the global economy – and know how to make your next move.
www.bloomberg.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:40 PM
"...a peptide rave with a cyberpunk dress code..." 😂
"Nasal oxytocin will be Ozempic for autism"
Melanin parties.
The fun just don't stop.
www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
"Nasal oxytocin will be Ozempic for autism"
Melanin parties.
The fun just don't stop.
www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
What a country. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Influencers and OnlyFans models dominate US ‘extraordinary’ artist visas
Work permits increasingly being awarded on basis of online reach, favouring content creators
giftarticle.ft.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:32 PM
What a country. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Hi, I’m your ‘72 Beetle.
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Hi, I’m your ‘72 Beetle.
Also for €20 a month, Netflix could afford a working CDN.
Nice of Stranger Things to use the site of the Boogaloo shootout scene from Garland’s CIVIL WAR. Also Duffers put a NC street in Indiana. Clowns.
January 1, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Also for €20 a month, Netflix could afford a working CDN.
Nice of Stranger Things to use the site of the Boogaloo shootout scene from Garland’s CIVIL WAR. Also Duffers put a NC street in Indiana. Clowns.
January 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Nice of Stranger Things to use the site of the Boogaloo shootout scene from Garland’s CIVIL WAR. Also Duffers put a NC street in Indiana. Clowns.
Today I’ve broken a glass and realised I bought the wrong Oreo’s. Petitioning for a do-over from midnight.
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Today I’ve broken a glass and realised I bought the wrong Oreo’s. Petitioning for a do-over from midnight.
I can also recommend the DEVO doc on Netflix. Kent State basically started it all: www.netflix.com/es-en/title/... #mutatedontstagnate
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I can also recommend the DEVO doc on Netflix. Kent State basically started it all: www.netflix.com/es-en/title/... #mutatedontstagnate
One of the earliest, one of the best, from pioneers of the genre.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBRR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBRR...
December 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
One of the earliest, one of the best, from pioneers of the genre.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBRR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBRR...
Because, like their US Democratic allies, they can't see the forest for the tinkering procedural trees.
“There’s a rising tide of inchoate rage. The idea that Keir Starmer is worse than Boris Johnson or Liz Truss is nuts. Something is going on with the electorate.”
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‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
[FREE TO READ] Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
as.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Because, like their US Democratic allies, they can't see the forest for the tinkering procedural trees.
I deliver parcels in Beijing.
If it's the book I started last night, I'm a dimension-hopping graduate student of magick at Cambridge.
If it's the last book I completed, I'm a private investigator of the natural with a little supernatural on the side, as a treat.
All good.
If it's the last book I completed, I'm a private investigator of the natural with a little supernatural on the side, as a treat.
All good.
December 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I deliver parcels in Beijing.
The calls with Putin before AND after Ukraine talks.
a woman is talking on a cell phone next to another woman .
ALT: a woman is talking on a cell phone next to another woman .
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The calls with Putin before AND after Ukraine talks.
January's nearly here. We have a few spots left in our EMEA-friendly online workshop on horizon scanning and sensemaking— practical methods for reading weak signals and building better anticipation. 3-person team bundles available. 15-16 January 2026. Join us!
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December 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
January's nearly here. We have a few spots left in our EMEA-friendly online workshop on horizon scanning and sensemaking— practical methods for reading weak signals and building better anticipation. 3-person team bundles available. 15-16 January 2026. Join us!
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post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
December 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
My Bluesky is tuned and filtered so tight that it appears to stand still for stretches of time. Likewise, my level of interaction is low and circle limited. Started to wonder why bother?
December 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My Bluesky is tuned and filtered so tight that it appears to stand still for stretches of time. Likewise, my level of interaction is low and circle limited. Started to wonder why bother?
How I’m walking out of 2025
December 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
How I’m walking out of 2025
The options boggle the mind:
1) don’t fight up there
2) no technology allowed, fists only
3) no clothes either
4) see # 1
www.wsj.com/world/where-...
1) don’t fight up there
2) no technology allowed, fists only
3) no clothes either
4) see # 1
www.wsj.com/world/where-...
Where Drones Drop Dead and GPS Goes Haywire
As the risk of conflict grows in the Arctic, Western militaries and startups are working to tackle the unique challenges of fighting there.
www.wsj.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The options boggle the mind:
1) don’t fight up there
2) no technology allowed, fists only
3) no clothes either
4) see # 1
www.wsj.com/world/where-...
1) don’t fight up there
2) no technology allowed, fists only
3) no clothes either
4) see # 1
www.wsj.com/world/where-...
tl;dr Not Great.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
tl;dr Not Great.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
Finally back to writing something other than book and film reviews: I've been compiling this piece about risk & Gen Z from collected research for a few months. The super-observant @kyla.bsky.social shot first, but I'm posting anyway, tilted toward politics. www.collisiondetector.com/riskmaxxing-...
Riskmaxxing and the Death of the Middle Path
For older generations, risk is a choice. For Gen Z, it's a trap.
www.collisiondetector.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Finally back to writing something other than book and film reviews: I've been compiling this piece about risk & Gen Z from collected research for a few months. The super-observant @kyla.bsky.social shot first, but I'm posting anyway, tilted toward politics. www.collisiondetector.com/riskmaxxing-...
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
It’s Vietnamese…
Where No Man Has Gone Be Phô
Or buffet-style…
This Way to Eatin’
It’s a French bistro…
Let That Brie Your Last Battlefield
What are you calling it?
It’s Vietnamese…
Where No Man Has Gone Be Phô
Or buffet-style…
This Way to Eatin’
It’s a French bistro…
Let That Brie Your Last Battlefield
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
It’s a bakery…
Spectre of the Bun
What are you calling it?
It’s a bakery…
Spectre of the Bun
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
It'll be a traditional British restaurant...
ENTER PIES
What are you calling it?
It'll be a traditional British restaurant...
ENTER PIES
December 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
It’s Vietnamese…
Where No Man Has Gone Be Phô
Or buffet-style…
This Way to Eatin’
It’s a French bistro…
Let That Brie Your Last Battlefield
What are you calling it?
It’s Vietnamese…
Where No Man Has Gone Be Phô
Or buffet-style…
This Way to Eatin’
It’s a French bistro…
Let That Brie Your Last Battlefield
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
It’s a bakery…
Spectre of the Bun
What are you calling it?
It’s a bakery…
Spectre of the Bun
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
It'll be a traditional British restaurant...
ENTER PIES
What are you calling it?
It'll be a traditional British restaurant...
ENTER PIES
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
It’ll be a fish restaurant……..
Bream me up Scotty
What are you calling it?
It’ll be a fish restaurant……..
Bream me up Scotty
December 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
It’s a bakery…
Spectre of the Bun
What are you calling it?
It’s a bakery…
Spectre of the Bun
‘…campaigns were gripped by a “fear of what could go wrong, rather than a belief in what could go right.”’
One of the running faults of the national Democratic Party in the US. It’s acted more like a corporate communications department than party of the people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
One of the running faults of the national Democratic Party in the US. It’s acted more like a corporate communications department than party of the people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
When the Democratic Door-Knocker Has Something Unscripted to Say
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
‘…campaigns were gripped by a “fear of what could go wrong, rather than a belief in what could go right.”’
One of the running faults of the national Democratic Party in the US. It’s acted more like a corporate communications department than party of the people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
One of the running faults of the national Democratic Party in the US. It’s acted more like a corporate communications department than party of the people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
Theory: Plur1bus is a very expensive Apple ad campaign to sell on-device security, safe AI and high-definition cameras displays.
December 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Theory: Plur1bus is a very expensive Apple ad campaign to sell on-device security, safe AI and high-definition cameras displays.