It's A Family Affair

Your dad might be on Facebook, your grandma might have a mobile phone... but what happens when a 'progressive' transhumanist has to face up to the fact that the people they love may be 'neo-luddites' who don't place on any significance on 2012, 2030 or any particular point in the near future?

"You get to live forever, you'll never get sick... you will be free to design your own reality and program the metaverse around you!"

"I'm lucky if I can turn my computer on, let alone download my brain" they'll say

Eligible adults in democratic societies are given the right to vote for their government and, if pre-election campaigning in your country is anything like it is here in the UK, you're made to feel guilty if you don't.

So, given that all our lives are increasingly affected by emerging technologies, isn't it about time we looked outwards from tight knit futurist forums and communities to make sure that those around us, especially the people closest to us, are aware that they might have to start thinking about these issues as well?