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Mathematician Hannah Fry, journalist Saira Shah and literary scholar Ian Sansom explore whether civility can survive in the modern age, and if so, how? Show more
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To be human is to seek immortality. Tom Shakespeare daydreams about everlasting life and finds that our desire to live just a little longer is changing the future. Show more
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Rohan Silva and Timandra Harkness discover what happens if we reach the singularity, the day when machines match human intelligence, and why it demands our attention right now. Show more
43 minutes
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Will men be needed in the future? Writer Michael Smith explores the uncertain future of masculinity.
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How will we move from place to place in future? Will speed and freedom always be the goal? FutureProofing examines how huge changes in mobility will alter our world. Show more
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How technology is disrupting the beliefs and practices of traditional faiths, and how it is providing the foundations for a 'new religion' for the 21st century and beyond. Show more
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When we properly understand animals, how much will our relationship with them change? Science may radically alter what we think of and how we act towards animals in future. Show more
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FutureProofing discovers if far greater understanding of the way our brains work will be enough to treat mental illness and enhance mental health in the 21st century. Show more
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Reality itself is changing - how will we experience and understand reality in future? Presenters Timandra Harkness and Leo Johnson discover different ways to experience reality. Show more
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Presenters Leo Johnson and Timandra Harkness discover what impact technology will have on expanding - or contracting - opportunities for different sections of society in future. Show more
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From the internet of things and the Smart Home, to the complete rejection of any fixed abode, FutureProofing hears how our ideas about home will be transformed in the 21st century. Show more
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Will 21st century technology avert or accelerate the Apocalypse? FutureProofing discovers the dangers and risks of existential disaster in the 21st century. Show more
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43 minutes
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Timandra Harkness and Leo Johnson examine why emerging biotechnology will transform how we understand and control life itself. Show more
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Timandra Harkness and Leo Johnson explore how people will answer the question 'Who am I?' in the future. Show more
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How could new technology change the nature of money and the role of government? The programme investigates what the 'blockchain' means and what it could lead to. Show more
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Timandra Harkness and Leo Johnson taste some strange foods of the future as they investigate how technology and a rising global population might transform what people eat. Show more
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Timandra Harkness and Leo Johnson examine whether tomorrow's generation will prize experiences over possession, and how such a shift in attitudes could reshape society. Show more
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Presenters Timandra Harkness and Leo Johnson meet scientists seeking to end ageing and explore how our ideas about ageing will change as life expectancy rises to 100 and beyond. Show more
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How will crime change and what can be done to prevent it in future? Presenters Timandra Harkness and Leo Johnson explore how crime and punishment will change in the 21st century. Show more
