F u t u r e C u l t u r e


"I feel these Wires"
- andy hawks


ShortFAQ semi-updated: 8 aug 1997
previous update: 8 april 1994
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FutureCulture is an on-line mailing list set up to discuss the relevant issues and aspects pertaining to the future of society as we know it.
From the roads we choose to the vehicles that will take us there, the FutureCulture community is dedicated to exploring the wide array of topics that affect our progression into the world of tommorrow.
**FutureCulture is an open, unmoderated forum for the discussion of topics which might be related to the future in any way. In the past the subject matter discussed on this list has included the following:
+ technoculture/new edge/cyberculture
+ Cyberspace & the Internet
+ virtual reality
+ the computer underground
+ cyberpunk (literary and cultural movements)
+ raves and rave culture
+ media (music/movies/books/magazines) that are relevant
+ virtual communities
+ social and public policy issues

These are in no way a guideline or limiting range for conversation.
FutureCulture encourages the exploration of a wide-range of subject matter.

Discussion on the list often ranges from the mundane "gee-whiz", to deep philosophical and scientific commentary, from the latest in computer software and hardware, to issues of personal identity in the electronic world, to reviews and discussion of the latest pertinent fiction and non-fiction works.

You build the signal, You make the noise.

As members of this virtual community, we are dedicated to informal discussion of the various aspects of the sociological, psychological, technological and cultural issues which relate to society's journey along the ebb and flow of the tides of humanity's evolution.
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Or, to put it bluntly:
"In my opinion the Future Culture mailing list does not have
a subject, it is merely a general discussion area for a group
of people who are all living, in some way, a futurist life."
-David Fischer

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