The Coming Years

As taught in: Spring 2008

Graph demonstrating Moore's Law showing that, over time, computer hardware has increased in speed.

Futurists believe that the exponential improvement in technology described by Moore's Law is leading to a technological singularity. (Image courtesy of Ray Kurzweil and Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. on Wikipedia.)

Instructors:

James Rising

MIT Course Number:

SP.256 / ESG.SP256

Level:

Undergraduate

Course Features

Lecture notes

Course Description

Explore the future through modeling, reading, and discussion in an open-ended seminar! Our fields of interest will include changes in science and technology, culture and lifestyles, and dominant paradigms and societies.