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Journey into a future shaped by creativity, critical thought, and secular habits of mind. Help shape what’s next!

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Adam Lee
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Is the US headed for a cold civil war?

A majority of Americans fear that political violence is imminent. But it may not take quite the form we imagine.

Dale McGowan
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The methadone of the people

It's tempting to imagine a future free of the opium of the people. But there's a new addiction right behind it.

Jonathan MS Pearce
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The problem with eternity

Thinking 500 or 10,000 or a million years in the future is hard enough. Yet some people toss around eternity as if they understand it.

Phil Zuckerman
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Embracing 'hereness': A secular Jewish, anti-Zionist movement is reborn

The new Bund is another signal that the future of Judaism may be much more secular.

Adam Lee
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Be an average citizen of the future, now

Why not get ahead of the curve?

Marcus Johnson
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It may be time to accept that we're living in a simulation

New religion incoming.

Jonathan MS Pearce
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The future of the fights against disease and war

God has had his turn. Securing a future with less disease and war is up to us.

Dale McGowan
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A theory of future music

A music professor tries to imagine the music of the distant future.

Juhem Navarro-Rivera
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Projecting secular power into future elections

Already influential, secular voters will soon be the dominant voice in US elections, says political analyst Juhem Navarro-Rivera.

Bruce Ledewitz
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We cannot let a secular fear of God-belief poison law and politics

Author and law professor Bruce Ledewitz warns that the rejection of objective morality and meaning imperils the future we claim to want.

M L Clark
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The future-history we want, and the future-history we deserve

Is it any wonder that we’re lousy at imagining any futures but complete apocalypse or vague utopia?

Adam Lee
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The coming cleanup era

It's nice to imagine building a big, shiny future. But there's some un-sexy work to do first.