Luke Robert Mason (@lukerobertmason) 's Twitter Profile
Luke Robert Mason

@lukerobertmason

⏳ Futures Theorist | 🎙 Host, @FUTURESPodcast | 🤖 Director, @VirtualFutures | 🎓 @ESRC Funded Postgrad, @UniofWarwick (@CIMethods @mgsesrcdtp)

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My first mistake was assuming academics and intellectuals were the same thing. Occasionally, they are - but it's rare. When it does occur, it can be magical.

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Recently, I've been thinking a lot about the phrases, "Double down on your strengths" and "When you do what you love, you do much better work."

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When we talk about enhancing our bodies with technology, it's not just about who can afford it and who can't. What if our future isn't everyone getting the same upgrades, but people choosing different enhancements based on what matters to them? Some might want to “hear color” ,

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Most people ask what the future will look like. But the better question is: What do we want it to say about us? What we build reflects who we are and what we can tolerate as a society. In my conversation with @lukerobertmason, we go beyond sci-fi fantasies, diving into how our

Most people ask what the future will look like. But the better question is:  What do we want it to say about us?

What we build reflects who we are and what we can tolerate as a society.

In my conversation with @lukerobertmason, we go beyond sci-fi fantasies, diving into how our
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People here might be interested in an online lecture I gave a couple of months ago to students at @Tokyotech_en on the relationship between science and science fiction: youtube.com/watch?v=5stpNX…

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⏳ How can #TimeTravel be understood as an 'Agency of Justice'? 📚 This recent lecture by Steve Fuller for Science Tokyo (Institute of Science Tokyo) is well worth a watch - especially for anyone interested in using #SciFi to think about science, society & alternative histories.

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.University of Warwick has come under fire after a senior executive appeared in a glossy Vogue Singapore advertorial promoting the institution’s new branding strategy, with academics calling it “tone-deaf” and a “self-inflicted embarrassment” #branding #beyond timeshighereducation.com/news/warwick-m…

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Education is not a branding exercise. Well-intentioned? Maybe. But appearing in Vogue wearing $450 socks to discuss 'reinventing education' is what happens when senior leadership becomes a little too disconnected from the front lines of higher education. I can confirm: it

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Translation: They placed a professor on a panel at a Vogue Salon in Singapore to discuss burnout - apparently forgetting the 2,691 academic staff and researchers back in Coventry who could have genuinely benefited from those insights. 🤣 vogue.sg/vogue-salon-br…