(not to be confused with the techbro book Deep Future which should more accurately be titled Shallow Past because it's filled with pilfered ideas from the 1950's and 60's)
It's easy to get down about the near-to-medium future. I'm not making light of the threats, I'm keenly aware of them and doing what I can to mitigate the harms but personally I need something to look forward to in order to maintain the gumption to make it through "the now" and help whoever I can in the process.
So I spend time thinking about, planning for and making things for the time after the collapse, a time I decided last night to call the Deep Future.
Thinking about the Deep Future is easier than thinking about the near future because right now the near future is very unstable. I can't say for sure what is going to happen next, and I can't say exactly what is going to be the thing that finally pushes all the old gods off the cliff, but regardless of what and when, it's safer (and more fun) to think about what we'll be building afterward.
As hard as it may be, it's also an opportunity to use everything we've learned up to this point to do things better, without the baggage and artificial justifications that got us here.
I'm not going to spend any more time speculating about the future in this post. I'd much rather talk to you about what you want to do, how you want to live and how you want to help in the Deep Future.
Jason J. Gullickson, 2026