91 How to keep humans pilots instead of AI in sci-fi future? 2015-05-11T14:45:42.990

89 The Challenge of Controlling a Powerful AI 2014-12-11T16:30:36.453

80 Humans as Pets? 2014-12-16T03:23:54.167

66 Can humans interact meaningfully with the economy when robots are better at everything? 2015-05-07T15:36:09.323

49 Killing a star safely 2019-07-21T15:47:53.450

45 Is there a reason to believe that programming languages are going to converge? 2015-05-24T13:33:03.510

44 What are the enabling factors for melee combat in modern or future settings? 2014-10-30T17:41:06.047

44 How powerful of a computer do I need to simulate and emulate a human brain? 2015-02-08T19:36:47.763

38 Realistic Future Jobs for Men and Women 2014-12-29T16:57:42.093

34 Why would people in 500+ years' time be using waterways for transport? 2015-02-02T20:46:51.843

33 What will our great-grandchildren play with? 2015-01-18T23:51:50.560

30 What could restrain post-singularity societies from spreading across the Galaxy? 2014-12-03T10:31:13.783

29 The universe is in a long, slow decline to darkness (the stars are going out) - What can we do about it? 2015-08-12T18:50:53.233

28 How long would it take for a forest ecosystem to overtake New York City? 2015-05-01T15:21:07.653

28 If true interplanetary and interstellar travel were achieved, would the decreasing mass of the earth become a problem? 2016-11-28T22:12:51.067

27 How would the road network change, after all cars are self-driving? 2014-11-14T14:50:19.593

26 Is it plausible that humanity goes extinct due to not making enough children? If not, what would make it more plausible? 2014-11-30T11:23:57.927

26 How would society change around a benevolent Superintelligent AI? 2015-08-31T13:13:43.580

25 Why do we keep smoking in distant future? 2016-12-17T17:46:57.167

24 The new rioters weapon of choice 2015-06-09T02:25:37.797

23 Will there ever be a point where we will no longer be able to maintain our current technological development because of specialization? 2014-12-10T20:50:15.737

19 Could this bubble float with a person inside? 2018-04-22T22:40:48.907

17 Could communism become a strong alternative to capitalism in the future? 2014-11-11T05:48:14.880

17 What would make real life "undo" possible? 2014-12-08T12:49:08.360

17 Designing a traffic system for flying cars 2016-01-05T22:23:01.737

15 Keeping people illiterate 2015-02-24T08:22:12.267

15 If Jesus performed miracles today, how could we convince the people of 4000AD that they happened? 2015-08-28T21:47:59.113

14 What political structure would develop within an interplanetary civilization? 2014-09-30T23:29:24.320

13 How do I get rid of the Earth or local Solar System? 2014-11-03T17:35:26.427

13 Who should mine the Asteroids? Humans or Robots? 2016-01-27T08:14:46.270

12 What would happen in North America if California became drier? 2014-11-04T18:08:28.003

12 What is the practical use of passing a Turing test? 2016-01-26T23:38:14.673

12 How to evolve a reptile into a wyvern, 100 million years in the future? 2018-07-21T07:54:13.263

11 What would be the societal effect of a higher technology planet visit a lower technology one? 2014-12-10T04:34:19.767

11 How long can knowledge stagnate before it may be deemed 'fantasy'/lost' in folklore? 2015-03-16T16:49:51.437

11 Overpopulation . . . IN SPACE! 2015-07-28T11:51:47.437

11 How many entities would a post-singularity A.I. in a world recognize itself as? 2015-08-15T02:20:08.593

11 What would be the value of gold and jewelry in a post-apocalyptic society? 2016-11-01T14:22:15.843

10 Prison in space 2015-02-16T07:32:39.020

10 Will people give up physical sex? 2015-03-02T08:07:07.430

10 Far Future: Most plausible everyday communication (device)? 2015-04-23T07:51:59.933

10 Future Society where all jobs have been abstracted into games 2015-07-29T21:14:43.370

10 What are important factors to take into consideration when building a timeline in order to design a world 2015-08-20T10:14:11.630

10 Will spoken language become obsolete with advances in technology? 2015-11-12T14:33:42.000

10 In extreme cases, can skyhooks or space elevators be used to funnel extreme planetary heating 2018-12-31T14:48:31.757

9 Could a government control its people using frequencies? 2014-11-02T00:49:47.553

9 Using lasers to stop bullets 2015-03-08T05:59:17.853

9 How to render Venus semi-habitable? 2015-04-10T13:43:10.117

8 Can machines take over without intelligence? 2014-12-15T16:47:10.763

8 Dangerous salty creature killing the triffids 2015-03-04T09:20:28.073

8 Could humans split into two species living on two separate planets? 2015-07-29T14:39:01.220

8 Can you be arrested for a crime that you have not yet committed? 2015-09-04T12:25:52.170

7 The [Great Depression / Dark Ages / Iron Age], but with selfies 2014-11-29T22:29:23.753

7 What science-y stuff could hide an island? 2014-12-31T04:10:05.350

7 How would todays (handheld) guns/ammo evolve in the far future? 2015-01-16T10:06:04.747

7 Social implication of economics based on brain processing power 2015-01-27T11:41:08.810

7 You can download skills into your mind. How many can you get? Can you forget them? 2015-02-12T13:55:33.623

7 How would military tactics differ if we primarily used android soldiers? 2015-09-24T20:16:06.340

7 Far Future Melee 2017-08-26T01:14:12.507

6 In world with three opposing factions, what ideological, military, economic, and legal issues would arise? 2015-01-10T01:04:19.317

6 Future galactic economy 2015-03-21T23:21:41.977

6 Howtos and ramifications of regulating technology advancement locally in a futuristic setting 2015-03-22T15:20:17.733

6 What is the smallest action required to destroy all of reality? 2015-05-04T19:02:22.240

6 Future of clothing 2015-06-13T02:34:20.200

6 Rate of deterioration for asphalt/blacktop and road signs 2015-11-20T14:03:27.817

6 How to implement a Solar System sports body/federation? 2016-04-08T15:18:17.037

6 What's more viable as futuristic infantry weapons, rail/coilguns or laser rifles? 2016-10-05T04:19:33.713

6 Robots are superior than humans. Prove importance of emotions to them 2017-02-06T17:51:07.430

5 Sovereignty and interstellar travels 2014-11-15T16:21:51.143

5 What would make solar powered army vehicle possible? 2015-03-31T12:39:06.793

5 Pirates of Earth 2015-05-23T00:27:45.710

5 Jumping vs. FTL speeds: economic differences 2015-10-05T05:39:43.493

5 Modern era Columbus 2015-10-13T19:05:59.753

5 Effect of red giant phase on the Solar System 2016-01-13T08:39:12.320

5 Would a post-humanity sapient species remember humanity? 2016-12-14T21:57:57.397

4 Classification system and measure of progress for science and technology branches and other areas of life 2014-11-14T19:15:29.310

4 Is molecular/transport beam cloning feasible for a quick reaction team to disasters? 2015-02-11T17:15:02.260

4 Humanity growing and spreading like a relentless plague 2015-02-16T00:18:24.503

4 Sol economy: What is optimal for production on earth? 2015-08-18T08:41:20.400

4 Why certain (sub)cultures would reappear in a far future? 2016-06-09T08:31:13.597

4 How I figure Earth's state in a distant, but not absurdly distant future? 2016-12-06T04:54:40.027

4 How long would it take for society to forget a language if a new one is enforced upon it? 2016-12-07T16:26:08.260

4 Is there a possible reason as to why all country borders would cease to change? 2017-05-05T16:54:45.837

4 Old Clothes In The Future 2017-09-04T21:23:45.920

4 Is there an actual use for Gold Tools? 2017-10-15T19:39:19.207

4 Long lifespans and risk aversion 2017-10-30T10:31:36.110

3 Post-singularity and software develpment 2014-12-16T00:23:23.777

3 Biology-centric civilization vs AI-based civilization 2015-01-09T22:12:09.113

3 What would be "pick up the phone" icon in the future? 2015-01-22T05:41:25.167

3 How can we influence our own future world by encouraging evolution of non-human intelligent species? 2015-03-25T17:19:29.237

3 What will happen if very dangerous technology becomes cheaply available? 2015-04-08T22:03:40.000

3 Ten percent of the brain myth - What would happen? 2015-04-10T08:10:14.870

3 Voluntary human extinction 2015-06-01T13:30:29.673

3 A Universal Time-Keeping Computer 2015-06-12T08:37:04.083

3 What would advanced genetic testing and enhancements being commonplace in a society lead to? 2015-06-12T22:58:18.873

3 What does a future with no progress look like? 2016-01-24T20:28:58.490

3 Sports when bodies are mostly expendable 2016-05-04T01:37:18.283

3 Tech tree or tech levels 2016-05-04T03:47:32.530

3 What would immortality do to a society 2016-12-02T08:59:40.733