Our latest Spotlight features sci-fi and fantasy author Joshua Done and his Retrospectator video series that you can watch right here at Sovren!

Joshua has written several fiction titles including the Tower Lords and Exile Empire series. He is also the author of Kleptonomics, a nonfiction book that examines the pervasiveness of corruption and inefficiency in government in a book that "helps peel back the veneer of obfuscation created by decades of bureaucratic buildup and political headbutting to get at the core of how good concepts become perverted over time."

Joshua's Retrospectator videos take a distinct approach to looking at common real-world issues beyond conventional commentary. Pointing to thought-provoking questions and potential scenarios of the future, Retrospectator encourages opening our minds as we think about our positions on popular current issues like the economy, technology, the environment, institutions, artificial intelligence, government and corporations, and more. Take a look at a few Retrospectator videos below:

As China implements its social credit system authoritarians across the world watch in envy. They want to use the power of credit, social media, and data tracking to control your behavior by denying those they consider disobedient or guilty of wrong-think basic rights and abilities. Social credit may not even be intentional, if we aren't careful it can happen without anyone noticing. The very nature of modern government, megacorporations, and social media create the environment where social credit will inevitably exist, and that is a bad thing.

Social Credit - powered by sovren.media

We will colonize space and people will want to own their little patch of land. In order for that to happen the Outer Space Treaty needs to change.

Property Rights in Space - powered by sovren.media

It is very possible that the future of manufacturing is 3D printing. But that would have vast consequences across the entire economy. This shift could even be a fundamental part in the next stage of human civilization.

SciFabrication - powered by sovren.media

Sovren is proud to welcome Joshua and his contemplative Retrospectator series that is set to inspire new, varied perspectives. Be sure you see the latest Retrospectator videos by clicking here and then clicking the "follow" button on his profile!