https://worldbuild.ai/podcast/
I’m working my way through this podcast series from the Future of Life Institute, and have enjoyed every episode so far. I love the (mostly) optimistic perspectives that are nonetheless embedded in what you might call less-than-ideal contexts. The stories aren’t utopian or dystopian; they’re in an in-between space that’s entirely plausible, if not completely grounded in reality.
Can you imagine a world in 2045 where we manage to avoid the climate crisis, major wars, and the potential harms of artificial intelligence? Our new podcast series explores ways we could build more positive futures, and offers thought provoking ideas for how we might get there.
Worldbuilding is the art and science of constructing a coherent and detailed fictitious world. It is frequently practiced by creative writers and scriptwriters, providing the context and backdrop for stories that take place in future, fantasy or alternative realities. Worldbuilding is a tool that can help us explore possible futures for our own world. It helps us better understand what sorts of worlds we may find more or less desirable, and how we might get to there. World builds don’t always have to be grounded in reality, but for our worldbuilding contest we asked contestants to make their imagined worlds plausible and aspirational.