Alan N. Shapiro, Technologist and Futurist

Blog and text archive about media theory, science fiction theory, future design, social choreography, Computer Science 2.0, new media art, robots and androids, Star Trek, The Prisoner, Jean Baudrillard, Albert Camus, Michel Foucault, and Marshall McLuhan

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Alan N. Shapiro interviewed by Mattia Nicoletti

November 16th, 2011 in Category: Uncategorized

On November 3, 2011, Alan N. Shapiro was interviewed by the Italian journalist Mattia Nicoletti for the Milanese daily newspaper "Il Metro Quotidiano." This is the English version of the interview that appeared in Italian.
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Alan N. Shapiro interviewed by Erik Aru

October 19th, 2011 in Category: Uncategorized

This interview appeared in October 2011 in the Estonian print magazine "HEI: Hea Eesti Idee", an EU publication known as "Estonia's biggest innovation magazine." I think that this and Ingrid Peek's radio interview are my two best interviews thus far.
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Alan N. Shapiro interviewed by Ingrid Peek

October 10th, 2011 in Category: Uncategorized

On September 25, 2011, Estonia Public Broadcasting Radio 2 broadcast a 112-minute interview with Alan N. Shapiro on the show "HALLO, KOSMOS!" The interview was conducted by the well-known Estonian journalist Ingrid Peek. This is the .MP3 audio in English.
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Reply to Thomas König

October 29th, 2010 in Category: Uncategorized

If you watch the video of my presentation in Leipzig on “The Library of the Future,” you can hear at the end a statement made by Thomas König during the question-and-answer session. “Thinking on my feet,” in the video, I already made a reply to König. Now I would like to add two more aspects to that reply.
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Passing: Franco La Polla

August 23rd, 2010 in Category: Uncategorized

Franco La Polla died in Pavia, Italy on February 27, 2009. From 2004 to 2007, La Polla was Professor of the History of Cinema, and Director of the Department of Music and Theatre (DAMS) at the University of Bologna. For 30 years, La Polla was Professor of the History of American Literature.