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Johnny Boston is an award-winning filmmaker from England who now lives in New York. He’s currently working on 2030, a film about the future and how technology and the attitudes around it will shape our future society. For this film and its connected video series, the Galactic Public Archives, Johnny and his team have interviewed people in various fields from technology to neuroscience, to inventors and artists; for example, Google’s Amit Singhal, gerontologist Aubrey de Grey, entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, inventors Ray Kurzweil and Dean Kamen (and about 60 others).

He is also creative director at Raw Media Network, a creative services company based in New York City. Johnny earned his BA in Film & Communications at NYU.

41 posts by Johnny Boston

• Unexpected Futurist: Mark Twain, Tesla, and a Worldwide Visual Telephone System – September 14, 2017
• Should We be Cautious about Envisioning Dystopias? – September 7, 2017
• Unexpected Futurist: Ben Franklin envisions 2776 — and Cryonics – September 7, 2017
• Futurist Gray Scott: We are Part of a Technological Cosmos – August 24, 2017
• Life or Death: Will Robo-Cars Swerve for Squirrels? – August 17, 2017
• Futurist Gray Scott: We Can’t Ignore Our Psychological Future – August 10, 2017
• If we can build a brain, what is the future of “I”? – August 7, 2017
• Autonomous Cars: The Ultimate Job Creator? – July 20, 2017
• Click Here for Happiness – July 14, 2017
• Will Self-Driving Cars Kill Your Job? – July 13, 2017
• Are Artificial Wombs the Future of Birth? – June 22, 2017
• What is a Drone? (Future A to Z) – June 15, 2017
• Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): Future A to Z – June 8, 2017
• FM-2030: Are You Transhuman? – June 5, 2017
• A Net Neutrality Nightmare? / Part II (Future A to Z) – June 2, 2017
• Esther Perel: Sex, Stability, and Self-Fulfillment – June 1, 2017
• Removing Net Neutrality: The Nightmare (Future A to Z) – May 25, 2017
• What is Plant-Based Meat? – May 19, 2017
• Losing Your Mind? Great Thinkers on the Brain – September 24, 2015
• From the Earth to the Moon: 1865/1968 – August 4, 2015
• A (Very) Brief History of Death – August 4, 2015
• Esther Perel: Sex, Stability, and Self-Fulfillment – June 16, 2015
• Couples, Culture and Sex: Who is Esther Perel? – June 12, 2015
• Galactic Public Archives Presents: “New Narratives: Innovation for Jobs” the series – April 14, 2015
• Dr. Ken Hayworth, Part 3: If we can build a brain, what is the future of I? – January 29, 2015
• First Robotics- Who Are the Celebrities of the Future? – January 22, 2015
• Who is FM2030? – January 15, 2015
• How Creative Are You? Pt. III — Environment – January 8, 2015
• Dr. Aubrey de Grey: When Do You Want to Die? – January 1, 2015
• Who is Dr. Aubrey De Grey? – December 25, 2014
• FutureMed: What is the future of Health? – December 18, 2014
• FM2030: Are You A Transhuman? – December 11, 2014
• FIRST Robotics- Who are the celebrities of the future? – December 4, 2014
• Marty Kohn, MD: Will your doctor be a Robot? – November 27, 2014
• The FIRST Team on Mars – November 20, 2014
• FM-2030: What is the Future of Democracy? Part 2 – November 13, 2014
• FM-2030: What is the Future of Democracy? Part 1 – November 6, 2014
• Amit Singhal (at Google): Will your computer plan change your life? – October 30, 2014
• Who is Amit Singhal (at Google)? – October 23, 2014
• What if your memories could live past your mortal shelf life? – October 3, 2014
• Dr. Ken Hayworth: What is the Future of your Mind? – September 30, 2014