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Series examining the implications - social and cultural, economic and political - of the big ideas that are set to transform the way society functions

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

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    Apocalypse

    Wed 24 Apr 2019

    Will 21st century technology avert or accelerate the Apocalypse?

  • 成人快手

    Wed 17 Apr 2019

    How the home will be disrupted and transformed by radical technological change.

  • Opportunity

    Wed 10 Apr 2019

    How social trends and technology may radically alter the future landscape of opportunity

  • Reality

    Wed 3 Apr 2019

    Reality itself is changing, so how will we experience and understand reality in future?

  • Fashion

    Wed 23 May 2018

    How technology and social change could mean the end of fashion in future.

  • Mental Health

    Wed 16 May 2018

    FutureProofing discovers how we can protect and improve our mental health in future.

  • Animals

    Wed 9 May 2018

    When we properly understand animals, how much will our relationship with them change?

  • Faith

    Wed 2 May 2018

    Does science now challenge religion to destruction, and what happens to faith in future?

  • Sin

    Wed 7 Jun 2017

    Will sin disappear in future, as technology enables us to stop sinning before we act?

  • Small

    Wed 31 May 2017

    Discover how small things look set to shape the future in increasingly significant ways.

  • Wealth

    Wed 24 May 2017

    FutureProofing discovers what will be the secrets to achieving wealth in future.

  • Healthcare

    Wed 17 May 2017

    How will technology transform healthcare in the 21st century?

  • Living in Space

    Wed 10 May 2017

    What will it be like to colonise space? What are the implications for humanity if we do?

  • The Future of the Future

    Wed 3 May 2017

    How does the accelerating pace of technology change the way we think about the future?

  • Sport

    Wed 25 Jan 2017

    Is there a future for sport in the digital age?

  • Art

    Wed 18 Jan 2017

    Will art survive the technological and social change of the 21st century?

  • Cities

    Wed 11 Jan 2017

    How city living could be transformed by the digital revolution.

  • Work

    Wed 4 Jan 2017

    What really changes in our society when machines do most of the work?

  • Intimacy

    Wed 28 Dec 2016

    Will intimacy survive the challenges it faces in the 21st century?

  • The Future of War

    Wed 1 Jun 2016

    Will robots be the future of war? And how would warfare change if they were?

  • Language

    Wed 25 May 2016

    Will technology make language barriers obsolete?

  • Memory

    Wed 18 May 2016

    What happens to us when we can create and manipulate our memories artificially?

  • Energy

    Wed 11 May 2016

    If new energy sources offer cheap, plentiful power to everyone, how will the planet cope?

  • Crime

    Wed 4 May 2016

    Who will be on top in the world of future crime - the cops or the criminals?

  • Ageing

    Wed 27 Apr 2016

    How will our ideas about ageing change as life expectancy rises to 100 and beyond?

  • Mobility

    Wed 16 Sep 2015

    How will we move from place to place in future? Will speed and freedom always be the goal?

  • Ownership

    Wed 9 Sep 2015

    Does the growth of the sharing economy mean ownership is over?

  • Food

    Wed 2 Sep 2015

    How technology - and two billion extra mouths to feed - will change our food in future.

  • The Blockchain

    Wed 26 Aug 2015

    How could new technology change the nature of money and the role of government?

  • Identity

    Wed 19 Aug 2015

    How will people answer the question 'Who am I?' in the future?

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