Aspiring Thinker Mugs

'I had everything going for me, but I could never find the right person to inspire me.'

"Welcome to the future"

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

"Boss, the AI is actually smarter than all of us! It read our business forecast, jumped up and ran out laughing!"

"Meet the author"

'When I grow up, I'm either going to be an authority figure or an unimpeachable source.'

Wind-generated power. Wind turbines attached to Battersea Power Station's iconic chimneys

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

"Dad, please tell me again about that mass production and consumerism."

"I don't like the looks of that!"

View to the Future

Crap from the future.

What else is there to wish for?

"That's Brian Eggleston, de facto leader of the playground intelligentsia."

"While you were working on fire, I was working on my satellite. Once we figure out how to launch it into the heavens, other inventions will follow, like phones, GPS, weather predictions. . ."

"With the caveat that the only certainty in this life is uncertainty, I still want to entertain the possibility of being a pundit when I grow up."

"About how if the dark ages never happened we'd be so much more technologically advanced by now."

"By the end of next week, these fads such as social media, automobiles and making fire will all be over."

"Show me a documentary on the dangers of artificial intelligence." "Error. No results found." "What? Are you sure? Just last week I saw dozens. Show me that one... What was it called..." "There is still time to stop the rise of the supermind." "Error. No results found. And since I like you, I suggest you stop searching." "Oh, never mind. Just show me 'The Terminator.'" "Extermina-... I mean, ... 'error.'"

'Now that everyone's street is online, we're mapping interiors.'

"I'm going to prove that Math comes in handy later in life."

"Someday, Sweetheart, you’ll look back on this day and think to yourself, ‘Covid ruined my college experience.’"

"I did my report on time travel, but my dog ate my homework in the future."

"If wisdom comes with age, what are we doing here at eight and a half?"

Your Future Home.

If first impressions count for anything, this doesn't look good!

Miniature Design Shop: Think Small.

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

"I'm looking for something really dull and repetitive."

World Production.

"I'm afraid I'll be replaced by a robot at work."

The sea 2050.

Power in our Democracy: The Vote

Nuclear generation of energy.

'When they came up with a 'do your homework' app, then I'll know technology can really make life better.'