EP 56: Science Fiction and our Purposeful Evolution - Tom Lombardo

 
 

Tom Lombardo is a psychologist, futurist, educator and author who belives that Futures Consciousness is innate to humans but it is a capacity that should be heightened. He has had a life long passion for Science Fiction which he sees as operating as a Futures mythology. For Tom, humans can consciously evolve themselves and our species and that we all need to face up to that responsibility.

Interviewed by: Peter Hayward

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References

Question 1: My Story

Question 2: Futures Studies Field

  • Lombardo, Thomas The Evolution of Future Consciousness (2006)
    https://www.centerforfutureconsciousness.com/book_evolution.htm

  • Lombardo, Thomas Contemporary Futurist Thought (2006) https://www.centerforfutureconsciousness.com/book_contemporary.htm

  • Wendell Bell - Michael Marien Debate on Futures Studies
    Bell, Wendell, “Advancing Future Studies: A Reply to Michael Marien” Futures, Vol. 34, 2002, 435 – 447.

    Marien, Michael “Future Studies in the 21st Century: A Reality-Based View” Futures, Vol. 34, 2002, 261 – 281.

    Marien, Michael “Rejoinder: My Differences with Wendell Bell” Futures, Vol.34, 2002, 449 – 456.

  • Cosmic Futures: Olaf Stapledon Last and First Men (1931) & Star Maker (1937)

  • Tipler, Frank The Physics of Immortality: Modern Cosmology, God, and the Resurrection of the Dead. New York: Doubleday, 1994.

  • Zimbardo, Philip and Boyd, John The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life. New York: Free Press, 2008.

Question 3: Favoured Framework

Question 4: What do I do?

  • Definition of Wisdom (From Future Consciousness, Chapter 18)

    The personally internalized, continually evolving understanding of and fascination with the big picture and personal dimensions of life and their connection, and what is true and good, and the desire and creative capacity to apply this understanding to enhance the well-being of life, both for oneself and others.

  • Purposeful Evolution & Future Consciousness (See Future Consciousness, Chapters 3 and 7)

  • Self-Responsibility in Future Consciousness (See Future Consciousness, Chapter 8)

Question 5: Science Fiction