FiRE (Future in Review) Day 1: The Speed of the Atmoshpere

I’m lucky enough to be the invited science fiction interviewee at FiRE a conference that is not only about the future, but about how to actually do the work to create a future we can thrive in.  Today was registration, a cocktail  party on a lawn by a beach, a lovely dinner, and a dinner speaker.  And after that, I’m impressed.  I love meeting people.  So far, I’ve met:

a man who owns a company that mines kelp and uses it to safely increase crop yields in developing countrieswomen on the boards o