Futurism in the Blogosphere

There are a lot of wonderful blogs out there that focus on futurism, and we're syndicating them for easier reading. From time to time, we'll pull out chestnuts that cannot be missed, like this 1957 Walt Disney mini-series, courtesy of Infosthetics. Disney was the great futurist standard bearer in that heyday of the 50's and 60's, and this is their version of Kubrick's 2001: A brief history of time, with a look at what we can expect in the wild world of the Future.

Part 1: Wherein Walt introduces the series with a giant object that is presumably some sort of robot and we learn about man's historical perspective on the stars.


Part 2: A look at Mars in pop culture


Part 3: A Creationists's nightmare, this is a look at how life evolved on Earth, and how the process would work on another planet.


Part 4: A history of Mars observation and theories that cannot be missed


Part 5: An unhinged fantasia on what Mars would be like if the conditions to sustain life were present


Part 6: This is a snapshot of what our future in space would look like, according to Werner von Braun, who advised on the segment. Disney's authority was such that this clip was shown to President Eisenhower