Paleofuture is written and edited by Matt Novak—100% human-created content without the assistance of artificial intelligence.

Where we explore past visions of the future. From flying cars and jetpacks to utopias and dystopias.

The blog was formerly at Smithsonian (2011-2013) and most recently at Gizmodo (2013-2020). Matt has written for BBC Future, Vox, Pacific Standard, Slate, The Verge, GOOD, Wall Street Journal, TheAtlantic.com, Forbes.com, and Buzzfeed.

Matt has delivered talks at South by Southwest, dConstruct in Brighton, UK, The Conference in Malmo, Sweden, UCLA's Digital Cash conference, and the University of Virginia's edUi conference. In 2012, he partnered with the BBC to put on an exhibit of retro-futuristic items from his personal collection in Hollywood.

to advance the knowledge, appreciation & interest of rural antiques and Canada's agricultural heritage.

Ontario Steam Heritage Museum

EFF - Cover Your Tracks

Test your web browser, how well does it work protecting you from marketing, tracking and having your digital fingerprint collected online? I use Opera. It passed on 2 out of 3. Good, but its just not enough any more to have 2/3 of online junk blocked.

A lot of people like to think it doesn't matter. I did for awhile. Then I found out more. A lot more. If you think privacy online doesn't matter do some research about it. Not just skimming the surface or thinking there isn't much to find interesting/ marketable about you. It isn't that simple.

Global Privacy Control

Dawson City in the Yukon. She must like Canadian history too.

Waterfall photos and videos by Freaktography, the Ontario urban/ rural explorer.