This was a great conversation. I’m so glad we got to spend some time with Matt during his visit to ASU.

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In this last episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social talks with Matt Heffernan, writer, software developer, and sharer of indigenous voices, about the effect of imagination on creating art, language, technology, and identity. Listen onApple Podcasts and Spotify.

In this episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social and @patpat.bsky.social, professor at MIT and founding director of the cyborg psychology research group, discuss the impact of AI on human growth and ethical considerations of AI addiction and dependency. Listen on Spotify and Apple Music.

So excited to see this new book series launch with a fantastic lead volume, the classic Jules Verne novel From the Earth to the Moon: Annotated for Our Spacefaring Age!

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Today we launch the debut book in our "Imagination, Annotated" series with @mitpress.bsky.social, "From the Earth to the Moon: Annotated for Our Spacefaring Age" edited by @anaklimchy.bsky.social. 20% off code: READMIT20 30% off code [TODAY ONLY]: MITP30 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814346...

Dear Internet, what do I do with the biggest cucumbers you’ve ever seen? This is not a double entendre, just a single, monolithic entendre. Or maybe three entendres, each twistier than the last. Pen included for scale.

Check out this conversation with @edfinn.bsky.social and Deji Olukotun with moderator @beritanderson.bsky.social. Join FiRe next year for more at the 2027 conference www.futureinreview.com/event-details-registration/future-in-review-2027 Or see this year's conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjaB...

The conversation I had with Deji Olukotun at the Future in Review conference is now live. We discuss hopeful futures, sound ecology, and my rad midlife crisis sneakers... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjaB...

Imagining the Impossible

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The future is bright 🐠 All #fiction #writers are invited to submit their work to The Protopian Prize writing contest. Submissions are open now until July 31st. Read more about the contest rules and prizes here: protopianprize.com/how-to-enter 🌐 #writingcontest #writer #storytelling

Our new season of The Imagination Desk podcast is up! First up is a great conversation with leading imagination and creativity scholar Anna Abraham about the neuroscience of imagination, its intersections with AI, and how to navigate this brave new world. open.spotify.com/show/7IQHQKr...

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Podcast · Center for Science and Imagination · Imagination: everyone knows you need it to change the world, but nobody really knows how it works. In this podcast from Arizona State University, we…

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This Friday, join Future Tense Fiction for a conversation with author @monicabyrne13.bsky.social about worldbuilding in speculative fiction. We’ll discuss the social, scientific, and policy dimensions of her fictional worlds, and the tools she uses to create them. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

LIVE SOON: How to Create a Fictional World: A Conversation with Writer Monica Byrne

Starting Jun 5 at 12:00 PM EDT

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What happens when we start to think about imagination as a critical element of public health infrastructure? Delighted to share this new paper exploring the role of applied imagination in public health! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The imaginary intervention: a conceptual framework for applied imagination in public health

This conceptual framework article explores how public health might extend its focus beyond structural conditions like income, housing, and access to care to also consider the cultural norms that sh...

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There are some gems in our latest edition of Imaginary Papers from ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination. I especially enjoyed Jason Nabi's writing on Asimov's three laws of robotics and the inherent gaps between language, meaning, and implementation.

Imaginary Papers, Issue 26

Welcome to Imaginary Papers, a quarterly newsletter about science fiction worldbuilding, futures thinking, and the imagination.

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Reflecting on editing as the remediation of failures and the humility of revision. The older I get, the more I have to learn!

Attention futures fans! The Protopian Prize is launching May 1! Inviting artists, storytellers, and dreamers to share their vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles, & making real change. Hosted by @metagov.bsky.social and @publicai.network. protopianprize.com

The Protopian Prize | The Fiction Contest

The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest inviting you to share your vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles, and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin ...

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If you're interested in hopeful futures, Frankenstein, or how to rewild your mind, you might enjoy this conversation I had with Ruth Wylie, who runs the Center for Science and the Imagination with me, and Lisa Kay Solomon on her podcast How We Future: open.substack.com/pub/howwefut...

Imagining Better Collective Futures through Applied Imagination

With the Center for Science and the Imagination’s Ed Finn & Ruth Wylie

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Fresh off the wire: a toolkit for speculative fiction writers interested in imagining hopeful climate futures: climatefictionwritersleague.substack.com/p/imagining-...

Imagining a Writer’s Toolkit for Hopeful Climate Futures

from Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination

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What happens when an imminent threat becomes the centerpiece of culture? This question is at the heart of ‘Return to Sender’ by Sarena Ulibarri, our latest #freefictionfriday piece, and part of Our Radioactive Neighbors, CSI’s latest collection. Get a copy here! 🔗 : csi.asu.edu/books/radnei...

Excited to share our latest book! Technically grounded, hopeful futures tackling a pernicious challenge: the ethics and practicalities of storing nuclear waste. Check out Our Radioactive Neighbors online and download your free copy! Read it here: csi.asu.edu/books/radnei...

Our Radioactive Neighbors - Center for Science and the Imagination

A collection of fiction, nonfiction and art that explores how sharing space with a facility for storing nuclear waste might shape a community's future, guided by insights about land, justice, governan...

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Thank you to @climateconnections.bsky.social for featuring our book Climate Imaginatjon alongside We Will Rise Again and a whole slate of excellent-looking new climate futures books for your reading pleasure! yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/imme...

Immerse friends, family — or yourself — in climate futures over the holidays » Yale Climate Connections

12 works of climate fiction for the climate warriors on your gift list.

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In case you missed it, video from our book launch conversation for Climate Imagination: Dispatches from Hopeful Futures is now live: www.newamerica.org/future-tense...

Searching for Hopeful Climate Futures in the Present

Join Future Tense online to discuss a new book, Climate Imagination: Dispatches from Hopeful Futures.

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A new roundtable on climate futures featuring our Climate Imagination authors Vandana Singh, @libia.bsky.social, Gu Shi, and Hannah Onoguwe, along with my co-editor Joey Eschrich: lithub.com/on-the-urgen...

On the Urgency of Climate Change, Creating Hope in a Crisis, and the Limits of Western Storytelling

It’s genuinely difficult to cultivate a hopeful perspective on the climate crisis, and prospects for climate action, in 2025. While I was writing this introductory note, COP30, this year’s United N…

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"Climate Imagination," edited by Joey Eschrich & @edfinn.bsky.social, brings together global voices to share stories of resilience and inspire hope for positive climate futures through short speculative fiction, essays, and visual art. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255366...

Glad to see this interview with me and Joey Eschrich live on @clarkesworldmagazine.com today! Topics include: our new Climate Imagination book, my itinerant upbringing, the mysteries of editing, and our good fortune in working together for over a decade! clarkesworldmagazine.com/finn-eschric...

Climate, Hope, and the Global Community: A Conversation with Ed Finn and Joey Eschrich by Arley Sorg

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Join us on Thursday, December 4, at 10 AM for a virtual conversation exploring how fiction can help shape our vision of better social policies. Moderator @edfinn.bsky.social will join @drkarenlord.bsky.social , @annaleen.bsky.social , Malka Older, and Craig Calhoun. asu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

OUT TODAY! Very excited to share our new anthology Climate Imagination with the world. CAPITALISM: If you order directly from the publisher in the US today, December 2, 2025, you can receive a 30% discount using the code MITP30. Perfect for those larger stockings. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255366...

Climate Imagination

When we think of climate, the stories we tell about the future are often catastrophic: megastorms, crop failures, and heat waves loom over us, sending a sign...

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🤔How can we decrease our anxiety about the future? 🔮"If we want to change the future, we need to change the story we’re telling about the future," says @edfinn.bsky.social , the director of ASU's Center for Science and Imagination, in his conversation with @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social.

How to imagine a climate future you want to work toward

An interview on climate anxiety and community health. Plus: What’s “carcinogen”? + How to get your immune system in tip-top shape

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In a recent interview for the Siemens Xcelerator Community, author and Professor @edfinn.bsky.social joins David Erhard and Bill Johnston in examining the critical role that imagination plays in helping us solve complex, modern-day challenges. 🔗 community.xcelerator.siemens.com/public/video...

🤖Can today’s science fiction become tomorrow’s guidebook for change? 🎙️TPN founder Zachary Karabell & TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas sat down with @edfinn.bsky.social the visionary behind @imaginationasu.bsky.social & academic director of Future Tense, to talk about it link.chtbl.com/PxqfcV-v

Ooh! Another chance to catch my mini-series on Future Cities on Radio 4! Last night I spoke with @GiselaDetrell cities on Mars, and what that can teach us about the future of urban life here on Earth catch up: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Next up (18/09) it's @edfinn.bsky.social

One to One - Future Cities: Tori Herridge meets Gisela Detrell - BBC Sounds

Could designing a city on Mars help us live better here on Earth?

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