Jamais Cascio

@cascio.bsky.social

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Futurist. Writer. Created BANI. Lead Author, NAVIGATING THE AGE OF CHAOS. Not as funny as he thinks he is. Probably won't follow-back unless he knows you. Sorry.

Five panels from a comic book featuring Captain America. Cap, having beaten the fascist imposter, turns to chastise the crowd of citizens. The imposter may have said that America was great, but... from panel #3: "Well, I say America is nothing! Without its ideals -- its commitment to the freedom of all men, America is a piece of trash! A nation is nothing! A flag is a piece of cloth!"
Comment from Jamais Cascio: We have decided, as a country, that the televised portrayal of some behaviors may be disturbing enough to warrant a warning at the beginning of a program. But these are *behaviors* -- smoking, acts of violence, nudity, even language like swearing or sexual innuendo. We do not need, and we must not have, standardized warnings for ideas and basic existence. This is such a common sense concept that it's shocking to me that it's even up for debate. Discussion and portrayal of LGBTQ+ lives and concerns, including gender identity, should not be subject to a warning. Showing the existence of human beings with transgender or non-binary identities is not a threat. Discussion of the concept of gender identity is not dangerous. I believe whole-heartedly, with my sixty years of lived experience, that there should be no required warning about transgender, non-binary, or gender identity topics or portrayal. Please reject this proposal.
Luna, an adult American short-hair cat, sits in a brown soft-side suitcase.
Jamais Cascio sits next to the bronze statue of Charles Darwin at the National Museum of Natural History in DC
Jamais Cascio in “BANI” shirt sits next to the Albert Einstein memorial in Washington DC.
2008 MacBook Air on top of 2026 MacBook Air, showing their respective connection ports. The 2008 has USB A and Micro-DisplayPort, while the 2026 has two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports.
Jamais Cascio on stage, in grey jacket, black shirt, and black jeans. He has a surprised, almost shocked look on his face.
close up of Jamais Cascio's face at 60 years old.
1930s poster "Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?" with an angry-looking man drying his hands on paper towels. Advertisement for Scott Towels.
Lisa Simpson: Oh my god! I'm losing my perspicacity!
Very young Jamais Cascio looks up at statue of a T-rex-style dinosaur, likely taken in 1968 or 1969.
Janice Cripe stands next to Jamais Cascio. She's smiling, he's trying to smile. Both wear black, as is their tendency.
From Secret Empire #10. Captain America's evil doppelgänger and the original Captain America fight, with the whole country watching. "And his struggle inspired us--reminded us--that there can only be one choice when confronted by this kind of evil. You do not run. You do not hide."
Jamais and the cat Luna, in a diptych pair of images: first the two looking at each other, second the two looking at the camera
Elastica
Fifty second video of a conversation between Hilton Barbour and Jamais Cascio, with Jamais expounding on seeking a variety of perspectives.
Coffee mug, black, with white text "what do we want? COFFEE! when do we want it? I'LL FUCKING CUT YOU"
Jamais Cascio, with a title reading "Incomprehensible"
Cover of Marvel Comics S.W.O.R.D. (2020)
Pandora, an orange cat, sits in a laundry basket accompanied by a lone sock.
Circa 1985 at Cowell College, UC Santa Cruz. A ~19 year old Jamais Cascio hugs his girlfriend (now wife) ~18 year old Janice Cripe.
Jamais Cascio and Bob Johansen
Jamais holding a copy of his book
3D image of the book
a very young me lying on a couch, covered in a blanket, with a black cat loafing right up by my face
cover of x-men 173, wolverine and rogue
Cascio wearing a t-shirt reading Brittle & Anxious & Nonlinear & Incomprehensible. A copy of the book Navigating the Age of Chaos is prominent in background.
Jamais Cascio on left of image, his father Joseph Cascio on right
Black t-shirt reading "Brittle & Anxious & Nonlinear & Incomprehensible", blank back
Janice in a red top leans over and hugs Jamais.
Jamais Cascio on a big screen, speaking, with his hands doing weird things due to video artifacts.
a music bridge
Book entitled "Navigating the Age of Chaos: A Sense-Making Guide to a BANI World That Doesn't Make Sense" by Jamais Cascio (me), Bob Johansen, and Angela F. Williams
On left, Joseph Stiglitz; on right, Jamais Cascio
The booklet for the meeting, "Economic Scenarios for Transformative AI"
Pandora the orange cat sticking out her tongue
Arm getting a covid shot
Jamais Cascio and Wil Wheaton a very long time ago (May 2008)
Podcast card for NAVIGATING THE AGE OF CHAOS: BANI EXPLAINED for The Curious Advantage Podcast
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Pair of images of Jamais and his cat Luna. In the first, Luna looks back and up at Jamais, while he looks down at her; in the second, both are looking directly into the camera.
Cover of DESTROY!! comic book by Scott McCloud, 1986. A banana is shown for scale, making clear that the comic book is big.
"The Scream" with Bender Bending Rodriguez.
Simpsons: Bart says "this is the hottest day of my life." Homer responds "the hottest day of your life, so far!"
A stork "squadron" flying at Elkhorn Slough
BEWARE OF BLAST
Panorama view of the Pacific Ocean from the Pajaro Dunes beach in Watsonville, CA.
1930s "Jobless Men Keep Going" sign updated to read "Jobless Humans Keep Going"
Siri on Apple Watch responding to "Help me" with emergency info, even though the "help me" is a song lyric.
Navigating the Age of Chaos: A Sense-Making Guide to a BANI World That Doesn't Make Sense by Jamais Cascio, Bob Johansen, and Angela F. Williams
The shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby transformed into a three-man band.
Siouxsie Sioux, of Siouxsie and the Banshees, looking awfully young and awfully goth.
Jamais nuzzles his cat Pandora
Robot on fire asks, "Why? Why was I programmed to feel pain?"
Black and white image from Mars showing a tiny dot in the sky, with text and arrow indicating "You are here."
Pandora, my orange cat.
toes jammed into the sand
Trixie basks in the sun, but somehow still looks dissatisfied.