FutureProofing Episodes Episode guide
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Fashion
How technology and social change could mean the end of fashion in future.
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Mental Health
FutureProofing discovers how we can protect and improve our mental health in future.
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Animals
When we properly understand animals, how much will our relationship with them change?
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Faith
Does science now challenge religion to destruction, and what happens to faith in future?
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Sin
Will sin disappear in future, as technology enables us to stop sinning before we act?
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Small
Discover how small things look set to shape the future in increasingly significant ways.
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Wealth
FutureProofing discovers what will be the secrets to achieving wealth in future.
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Healthcare
How will technology transform healthcare in the 21st century?
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Living in Space
What will it be like to colonise space? What are the implications for humanity if we do?
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The Future of the Future
How does the accelerating pace of technology change the way we think about the future?
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Sport
Is there a future for sport in the digital age?
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Art
Will art survive the technological and social change of the 21st century?
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Cities
How city living could be transformed by the digital revolution.
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Work
What really changes in our society when machines do most of the work?
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Intimacy
Will intimacy survive the challenges it faces in the 21st century?
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The Future of War
Will robots be the future of war? And how would warfare change if they were?
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Language
Will technology make language barriers obsolete?
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Memory
What happens to us when we can create and manipulate our memories artificially?
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Energy
If new energy sources offer cheap, plentiful power to everyone, how will the planet cope?
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Ageing
How will our ideas about ageing change as life expectancy rises to 100 and beyond?
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Mobility
How will we move from place to place in future? Will speed and freedom always be the goal?
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Ownership
Does the growth of the sharing economy mean ownership is over?
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Food
How technology - and two billion extra mouths to feed - will change our food in future.
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The Blockchain
How could new technology change the nature of money and the role of government?
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Identity
How will people answer the question 'Who am I?' in the future?
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Life
Will biotechnology transform how we understand and control life itself?
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No End of Pleasure
How will humans experience pleasure in the future? With AL Kennedy and Will Self.
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The Descent of Man
Writer Michael Smith explores the uncertain future of masculinity.
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The Singularity
What happens if we reach the singularity, the day when machines match human intelligence?
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The Immortality of the Crab
To be human is to seek immortality. Tom Shakespeare daydreams about everlasting life.