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Scout
@join_scout
Exploring the social implications of technology.
New York, NY Beigetreten Nisan 2015
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@join_scout Hi. I am being charged for access to scout.ai, but the site has been returning a 502 error for days. Are you able to assist?
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We also partnered with the award-winning production team at Mysterious Building to create a few speculative scenarios of how technology could be used to disrupt elections in the future. Here’s the first one. #Elections2018 vimeo.com/298258698
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We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about misinformation this year and how to fight it. Our latest dispatch explores how to fight back against #election meddling before the #Midterms2018 scout.ai/story/how-to-f…

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How capitalism and private property are impeding innovation. An Incoming Transmission from @Annaleen and @eliotpeper scout.ai/story/how-capi…

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We can confirm this. Also the basic format for Scout editorial meetings.
Eliot Peper@eliotpeper
Readers often ask how I "predict" the futures portrayed in my novels. Rather than looking for trends and extrapolating them into predictions, I scout for weird pockets of futures that have already arrived. Then I remix and riff on those to imagine one of many possible tomorrows.
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Yes, blockchain can help us fight climate change. Why I'm joining @noridoteco. rameznaam.com/2018/09/10/yes…
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True Life: Scout is the real creator of Rebekah Mercer’s “billionaire parlor game.” We designed it to protect future elections not undermine them. And we have no idea how she got her hands on it. medium.com/join-scout/wer…
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If you enjoyed #Bandwidth, you'll love these books: @GreatDismal Pattern Recognition, @blakecrouch1 Dark Matter, @m_older Infomocracy, @nealstephenson Reamde, @Annaleen Autonomous, @barryeisler The God's Eye View, @itsDanielSuarez Daemon, @warrenellis Normal, and @ramez Nexus.
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Cambridge Analytica says they’re shutting down. But @eliotpeper’s new #scifi thriller Bandwidth explores a world in which their next iteration plays out. scout.ai/story/cambridg…

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Our latest science fiction short takes nothing for granted. Not Mars. Not gender stereotypes. Not even the nature of these so called "colonies" we keep talking about. twitter.com/nfarmerlinguis…
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Microsoft now has clear evidence of a particle that is also its own anti-particle, which they plan to use to eliminate errors and bring quantum computing to market in just 5 years. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Do you have the mental stamina to make it as an astronaut? In our latest Incoming Transmission @MegHowrey & @eliotpeper discuss the psychological trials of space travel and what we can learn from extreme top performers. scout.ai/story/the-ment…

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Thanks for the nod, Katty. The future is already here. It’s just not equally distributed yet. : ) twitter.com/KattyKissem/st…
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We all know sleep is overrated, Johannes. Well, all of us except sleep scientists. twitter.com/Klingebeil/sta…
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Read our latest dispatch: This Space Satellite Revolution Could Turn Earth into a Surveillance Nightmare.
scout.ai/story/the-spac…

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We are so honored to be recognized as one of 2017’s Top 20 Digital Innovators! Thanks @MediaShiftOrg for all you do to support the media ecosystem. twitter.com/mediashiftorg/…
MediaShift@MediaShiftOrg
Our first list of top innovators in digital media is here. Congrats to the #mediashift20! @StefanieMurray @fpmarconi @lpolgreen @berit_anderson @bretthorvath @join_scout @nextgenradio mediashift.org/2018/01/medias…
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