Ed Finn
@edfinn.bsky.social
Director, Center for Science and the Imagination + Associate Professor at Arizona State University. I write, research and experiment for better futures.
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"Climate Imagination," edited by Joey Eschrich & @edfinn.bsky.social, brings together global voices to share stories of resilience and inspire hope for positive climate futures through short speculative fiction, essays, and visual art. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255366...
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Climate Imagination," edited by Joey Eschrich & @edfinn.bsky.social, brings together global voices to share stories of resilience and inspire hope for positive climate futures through short speculative fiction, essays, and visual art. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255366...
Glad to see this interview with me and Joey Eschrich live on @clarkesworldmagazine.com today! Topics include: our new Climate Imagination book, my itinerant upbringing, the mysteries of editing, and our good fortune in working together for over a decade!
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Climate, Hope, and the Global Community: A Conversation with Ed Finn and Joey Eschrich by Arley Sorg
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Glad to see this interview with me and Joey Eschrich live on @clarkesworldmagazine.com today! Topics include: our new Climate Imagination book, my itinerant upbringing, the mysteries of editing, and our good fortune in working together for over a decade!
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Join us on Thursday, December 4, at 10 AM for a virtual conversation exploring how fiction can help shape our vision of better social policies. Moderator @edfinn.bsky.social will join @drkarenlord.bsky.social , @annaleen.bsky.social , Malka Older, and Craig Calhoun.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Join us on Thursday, December 4, at 10 AM for a virtual conversation exploring how fiction can help shape our vision of better social policies. Moderator @edfinn.bsky.social will join @drkarenlord.bsky.social , @annaleen.bsky.social , Malka Older, and Craig Calhoun.
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OUT TODAY! Very excited to share our new anthology Climate Imagination with the world.
CAPITALISM: If you order directly from the publisher in the US today, December 2, 2025, you can receive a 30% discount using the code MITP30. Perfect for those larger stockings.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255366...
CAPITALISM: If you order directly from the publisher in the US today, December 2, 2025, you can receive a 30% discount using the code MITP30. Perfect for those larger stockings.
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Climate Imagination
When we think of climate, the stories we tell about the future are often catastrophic: megastorms, crop failures, and heat waves loom over us, sending a sign...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
OUT TODAY! Very excited to share our new anthology Climate Imagination with the world.
CAPITALISM: If you order directly from the publisher in the US today, December 2, 2025, you can receive a 30% discount using the code MITP30. Perfect for those larger stockings.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255366...
CAPITALISM: If you order directly from the publisher in the US today, December 2, 2025, you can receive a 30% discount using the code MITP30. Perfect for those larger stockings.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255366...
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🤔How can we decrease our anxiety about the future?
🔮"If we want to change the future, we need to change the story we’re telling about the future," says @edfinn.bsky.social , the director of ASU's Center for Science and Imagination, in his conversation with @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social.
🔮"If we want to change the future, we need to change the story we’re telling about the future," says @edfinn.bsky.social , the director of ASU's Center for Science and Imagination, in his conversation with @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social.
How to imagine a climate future you want to work toward
An interview on climate anxiety and community health. Plus: What’s “carcinogen”? + How to get your immune system in tip-top shape
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October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🤔How can we decrease our anxiety about the future?
🔮"If we want to change the future, we need to change the story we’re telling about the future," says @edfinn.bsky.social , the director of ASU's Center for Science and Imagination, in his conversation with @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social.
🔮"If we want to change the future, we need to change the story we’re telling about the future," says @edfinn.bsky.social , the director of ASU's Center for Science and Imagination, in his conversation with @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social.
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In a recent interview for the Siemens Xcelerator Community, author and Professor @edfinn.bsky.social joins David Erhard and Bill Johnston in examining the critical role that imagination plays in helping us solve complex, modern-day challenges.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In a recent interview for the Siemens Xcelerator Community, author and Professor @edfinn.bsky.social joins David Erhard and Bill Johnston in examining the critical role that imagination plays in helping us solve complex, modern-day challenges.
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🤖Can today’s science fiction become tomorrow’s guidebook for change?
🎙️TPN founder Zachary Karabell & TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas sat down with @edfinn.bsky.social the visionary behind @imaginationasu.bsky.social & academic director of Future Tense, to talk about it
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🎙️TPN founder Zachary Karabell & TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas sat down with @edfinn.bsky.social the visionary behind @imaginationasu.bsky.social & academic director of Future Tense, to talk about it
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September 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🤖Can today’s science fiction become tomorrow’s guidebook for change?
🎙️TPN founder Zachary Karabell & TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas sat down with @edfinn.bsky.social the visionary behind @imaginationasu.bsky.social & academic director of Future Tense, to talk about it
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🎙️TPN founder Zachary Karabell & TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas sat down with @edfinn.bsky.social the visionary behind @imaginationasu.bsky.social & academic director of Future Tense, to talk about it
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Ooh! Another chance to catch my mini-series on Future Cities on Radio 4!
Last night I spoke with @GiselaDetrell cities on Mars, and what that can teach us about the future of urban life here on Earth
catch up: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Next up (18/09) it's @edfinn.bsky.social
Last night I spoke with @GiselaDetrell cities on Mars, and what that can teach us about the future of urban life here on Earth
catch up: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Next up (18/09) it's @edfinn.bsky.social
One to One - Future Cities: Tori Herridge meets Gisela Detrell - BBC Sounds
Could designing a city on Mars help us live better here on Earth?
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September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Ooh! Another chance to catch my mini-series on Future Cities on Radio 4!
Last night I spoke with @GiselaDetrell cities on Mars, and what that can teach us about the future of urban life here on Earth
catch up: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Next up (18/09) it's @edfinn.bsky.social
Last night I spoke with @GiselaDetrell cities on Mars, and what that can teach us about the future of urban life here on Earth
catch up: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Next up (18/09) it's @edfinn.bsky.social
Fresh futures still hot from the oven! Check out @erinkwagner.bsky.social's new Future Tense Fiction story "The Middle," a tale of fine dining, automation and labor politics in the shadow of climate chaos. Delicious!
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The Middle
What happens when a chef’s job is taken over by a robot? Explore how the mechanization of labor could transform the restaurant industry.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fresh futures still hot from the oven! Check out @erinkwagner.bsky.social's new Future Tense Fiction story "The Middle," a tale of fine dining, automation and labor politics in the shadow of climate chaos. Delicious!
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In the latest episode of the Federal News Network’s “What’s Working in Washington?” CSI Founding Director @edfinn.bsky.social joins entrepreneur Jonathan Aberman in examining our ever-revolving relationship with AI.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In the latest episode of the Federal News Network’s “What’s Working in Washington?” CSI Founding Director @edfinn.bsky.social joins entrepreneur Jonathan Aberman in examining our ever-revolving relationship with AI.
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The Existential Hope Podcast
Ed Finn, founding director of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination, explores the impact of storytelling on our ability to envision and create better futures and more hopeful narratives. 🌈
@edfinn.bsky.social
#solarpunk #scifi #foresight
Ed Finn, founding director of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination, explores the impact of storytelling on our ability to envision and create better futures and more hopeful narratives. 🌈
@edfinn.bsky.social
#solarpunk #scifi #foresight
Ed Finn On How Science Fiction Inspires Real-World Innovation
YouTube video by The Foresight Institute
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July 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Existential Hope Podcast
Ed Finn, founding director of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination, explores the impact of storytelling on our ability to envision and create better futures and more hopeful narratives. 🌈
@edfinn.bsky.social
#solarpunk #scifi #foresight
Ed Finn, founding director of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination, explores the impact of storytelling on our ability to envision and create better futures and more hopeful narratives. 🌈
@edfinn.bsky.social
#solarpunk #scifi #foresight
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AI: Friend or foe? The answer may not be that simple.
Check out the latest episode of “We Mean Business”, where @edfinn.bsky.social examines the role and future of AI in storytelling, art, and marketing.
Check it out at the link below!
🔗https://businessjournalism.org/2025/05/ai-and-art/
Check out the latest episode of “We Mean Business”, where @edfinn.bsky.social examines the role and future of AI in storytelling, art, and marketing.
Check it out at the link below!
🔗https://businessjournalism.org/2025/05/ai-and-art/
May 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
AI: Friend or foe? The answer may not be that simple.
Check out the latest episode of “We Mean Business”, where @edfinn.bsky.social examines the role and future of AI in storytelling, art, and marketing.
Check it out at the link below!
🔗https://businessjournalism.org/2025/05/ai-and-art/
Check out the latest episode of “We Mean Business”, where @edfinn.bsky.social examines the role and future of AI in storytelling, art, and marketing.
Check it out at the link below!
🔗https://businessjournalism.org/2025/05/ai-and-art/
A conversation about AI and creative work with ASU Cronkite student journalist Ananya Bhargava. Thanks Reynolds Center for the conversation!
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AI’s evolving role in art, storytelling and marketing | The Reynolds Center
In this episode, Ed Finn talks about imagination in the context of technology and the potential for AI-generated marketing to connect with audiences.
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May 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A conversation about AI and creative work with ASU Cronkite student journalist Ananya Bhargava. Thanks Reynolds Center for the conversation!
businessjournalism.org/2025/05/ai-a...
businessjournalism.org/2025/05/ai-a...
Sometimes writing a book chapter feels like holding an egg with a teaspoon while running the mile, except that you also need to do it in a way that nobody else has ever done it before.
May 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sometimes writing a book chapter feels like holding an egg with a teaspoon while running the mile, except that you also need to do it in a way that nobody else has ever done it before.
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Starting to suspect that the prize for reading all the bad news is just…more bad news?
April 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Starting to suspect that the prize for reading all the bad news is just…more bad news?
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In this episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social and Brendan O’Connor unpack the science of imagination — how we use memory to build futures, how stories help us connect, and why imagination is essential for navigating a complex world.
🎧 Tune in now on: csi.asu.edu/podcast/
🎧 Tune in now on: csi.asu.edu/podcast/
April 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
In this episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social and Brendan O’Connor unpack the science of imagination — how we use memory to build futures, how stories help us connect, and why imagination is essential for navigating a complex world.
🎧 Tune in now on: csi.asu.edu/podcast/
🎧 Tune in now on: csi.asu.edu/podcast/
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If I'm reading this right, Trump has terminated $363,420,951 in existing NEH grants - literally a drop (0.000054%) in the federal budget, but of immense impact on the communities and people and disciplines which receive them. Utterly vile.
Want to see the scope of what the NEH grant terminations is? The ACH ( @ach.bsky.social ) has compiled a database: impact.ach.org
NEH Grants 2025
NEH Grants 2025
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April 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If I'm reading this right, Trump has terminated $363,420,951 in existing NEH grants - literally a drop (0.000054%) in the federal budget, but of immense impact on the communities and people and disciplines which receive them. Utterly vile.
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How do you govern the unknown? 🤔
On this week’s episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social sits down with @aarathikrishnan.bsky.social, to talk about why imagination is essential — not just for artists and storytellers, but for decision-makers, too.
🎧 Listen now: lnkd.in/grTZXaRy
On this week’s episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social sits down with @aarathikrishnan.bsky.social, to talk about why imagination is essential — not just for artists and storytellers, but for decision-makers, too.
🎧 Listen now: lnkd.in/grTZXaRy
April 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
How do you govern the unknown? 🤔
On this week’s episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social sits down with @aarathikrishnan.bsky.social, to talk about why imagination is essential — not just for artists and storytellers, but for decision-makers, too.
🎧 Listen now: lnkd.in/grTZXaRy
On this week’s episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social sits down with @aarathikrishnan.bsky.social, to talk about why imagination is essential — not just for artists and storytellers, but for decision-makers, too.
🎧 Listen now: lnkd.in/grTZXaRy
This was such a great conversation!
Was reminded just how powerful our imaginations are in this new podcast convo with my Scirens partner @tamarakrinsky.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @edfinn.bsky.social and the Imagination Desk for having us on — such an inspiring episode to be part of!
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Taryn O'Neill & Tamara Krinsky
Podcast Episode · The Imagination Desk · 03/25/2025 · 52m
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April 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This was such a great conversation!
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I just wrote to all of my congressional representatives to plead them to support the NEH, for everyone, for public history, for scholarship, for teaching, for all of it. I used this widget: very easy, it has a template, and automatically looks up the emails of your representatives. p2a.co/DdtlGIT
URGENT: Save the NEH
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April 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I just wrote to all of my congressional representatives to plead them to support the NEH, for everyone, for public history, for scholarship, for teaching, for all of it. I used this widget: very easy, it has a template, and automatically looks up the emails of your representatives. p2a.co/DdtlGIT
Recently plucked from the swirling, pearlescent ether of speculative futures: my chat with the amazing @kyliu99.bsky.social about imagination, writing, and that time some of his characters got together and hijacked his creative process...
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The Imagination Desk: Ken Liu
In this conversation, Ed Finn and Ken Liu delve into the significance of imagination in art, storytelling, and life. They explore how imagination shapes human experience, the collaborative relationshi...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Recently plucked from the swirling, pearlescent ether of speculative futures: my chat with the amazing @kyliu99.bsky.social about imagination, writing, and that time some of his characters got together and hijacked his creative process...
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Do you dare to imagine...the future of BART? Our latest SF story in @issuesinst.bsky.social by long-time @imaginationasu.bsky.social friend Deji Olukotun does THIS VERY THING.
See also the excellent response by @babeliberman.bsky.social!
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See also the excellent response by @babeliberman.bsky.social!
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March 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Do you dare to imagine...the future of BART? Our latest SF story in @issuesinst.bsky.social by long-time @imaginationasu.bsky.social friend Deji Olukotun does THIS VERY THING.
See also the excellent response by @babeliberman.bsky.social!
issues.org/futuretensef...
issues.org/futuretensef...
See also the excellent response by @babeliberman.bsky.social!
issues.org/futuretensef...
issues.org/futuretensef...
We're back with a new season of The Imagination Desk! I'm so excited to share this season with the world.
We’re back with a new season of The Imagination Desk, hosted by very own @edfinn.bsky.social! 🎙️ Ed chats with renowned screenwriter, and producer Walter Parkes (Men in Black, Minority Report) on how imagination drives storytelling and problem-solving.
Listen now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts!
Listen now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts!
March 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
We're back with a new season of The Imagination Desk! I'm so excited to share this season with the world.
Thank you to Adyacente Posible for translating my recent essay into Spanish!
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Entra en el laboratorio gratuito e infinito de la mente
Abraza el adyacente posible! La ciencia ficción es un laboratorio que nos permite imaginar futuros y mundos posibles. Experimentar con la imaginación es un proyecto colectivo esencial para navegar …
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February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thank you to Adyacente Posible for translating my recent essay into Spanish!
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