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. 🔗 community.xcelerator.siemens.com/public/video...

🤖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 link.chtbl.com/PxqfcV-v

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

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! issues.org/futuretensef...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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

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/

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...

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.

#AcademicSky #HigherEd 🧪🎢 ⚛️

Starting to suspect that the prize for reading all the bad news is just…more bad news?

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/

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.

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

This was such a great conversation!

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... theimaginationdesk.libsyn.com/ken-liu

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...

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! adyacenteposible.com/2025/02/20/e...

Dial this into your time machine...

I am really enjoying @annaleen.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social's new podcast episode about Big Dumb Objects in space. Don your unwieldy Death Star laser technician helmet and check it out. Just be careful not to hit anyone with it in the space elevator.

I'm excited to share this essay in Issues in Science and Technology on the power of speculative fiction to help us make better decisions about how we develop and govern emerging technologies. issues.org/science-fict...

Did you know that attention across the whole input span was inspired by the time-negating alien language in Arrival? Crazy anecdote from the latest Hard Fork podcast (by @kevinroose.com and @caseynewton.bsky.social). HT nwbrownboi on Threads for the lead.

New book! New blog post about it: henryjenkins.org/blog/2024/4/...

Earth Day is a palindrome this year, 4/22/24. Feels like a good moment to celebrate the timeless power of hope. If that’s what you’re missing check out our Climate Action Almanac and the short film we made to launch it, “The Assignment”: www.climatealmanac.org/pub/r5hh1jzv...