Phil Bowermaster, MSc.
Phil Bowermaster, MSc.
is a futurist and blogger living in Highlands Ranch (south
suburban Denver) Colorado. He is the founder and one of two principal
contributors to
The Speculist, a blog that
provides a generally positive spin on the future, reporting on emerging
technologies, emerging knowledge and awareness, and the emerging
possibilities which all of these promise. He is also a regular
contributor
to
BetterHumans. In addition
to
blogging, Phil is a co-host of
FastForward
Radio,
a weekly podcast devoted to many of the same topics, on which he and
co-host
Stephen Gordon
talk with some of the leading voices who are shaping
our
thinking about the future.
Along with
John Smart,
Phil
is cofounder and director of the
Global Futures
Network.
He is also a senior associate with
Foresight Nanotech
Institute and a member of the
World
Transhumanist
Association.
Phil has a Master of Science degree in Technical Communication from the
University of Colorado at Denver. Over the past two decades he has
worked in
various roles in the telecommunications and IT industries, in a wide
variety
of industry and geographic settings. He has been with Sybase for nearly
eight years, and he is currently the Worldwide Product Marketing
Manager
for Sybase IQ.
As a futurist, Phil pursues a two-pronged mission:
- Imagine, explore, and make others aware of the tremendous age of possibility in which we currently live
- Help to bring about the realization of a few of those possibilities
Phil recognizes that being committed to positive future scenarios means having a realistic assessment of the risks and dangers that humanity must overcome in order to achieve these futures. He is grateful for the opportunity to be part of the very important work of the Lifeboat Foundation.
Phil authored Immaterial Girl, The Three Goals, Game Theory, and Western Civilization, A Third Option, The Never-Ending Light Bulb, My Little Bud Grows Up, They Seriously Botched It, Too, Not Everyone Keen on Return to Moon, The Three Goals of Robotics, Aliens Are Stupid, Unlikely Terminator Plot Lines, What the Heck Was THAT?, Virgin Galactic, Methuselah Yeast, Doctor Gave Me a Pill, and I Grew a New Heart, Mind Reading Now Possible?, Death Sucks, Here’s the Rage, The Hard Stuff, The Fundamental Building Block, Fire and Ice The Risk, and Let’s Be Unrealistic, and coauthored the Better All The Time series. Listen to the Better All The Time podcasts!