Imminent’s selection of one piece of content per month—be it a podcast, video, book, paper, or infographic—offers insights to help you better understand where we are headed and prepare for what’s coming next.
April 2025
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
The winner of the Booker Prize 2024
“You’ll see no countries, just a rolling indivisible globe which knows no possibility of separation, let alone war.”
As astronauts return from months in orbit, our gaze turns skyward once more. With cosmic phenomena lighting up our skies and a new space race reshaping global power, Orbital arrives at the perfect moment—an invitation to see Earth not from below, but from beyond.
Six astronauts from around the world orbit the International Space Station, carrying out vital missions while watching their planet in all its majesty. But beyond the mechanics of life in space, this book is a profound meditation on Earth’s fragile beauty. In the vast silence, one haunting question remains: What is the universe without Earth? And what is Earth without humanity?
March 2025
Mother Tongue
Why does Susan revisit old recordings, searching for lost words and memories, to rediscover a forgotten language?
The story follows Jewish architect László Tóth, who fled Hungary in 1947. From poverty to a life-changing contract, his next thirty years would never be the same.
February 2025
The Brutalist
A 70mm film with 10 Oscar nominations in 5 languages. Brady Corbet’s “impossible” film, blending a collective story with authentic language, improved by AI.
The story follows Jewish architect László Tóth, who fled Hungary in 1947. From poverty to a life-changing contract, his next thirty years would never be the same.
January 2025
The Big Interview
A one-day, in-person event at The Midway in San Francisco.
A series of in-depth, illuminating conversations with some of the biggest names in innovation today, each led by a WIRED journalist.
December 2024
12 bytes by Janette Winterson
How is artificial intelligence changing the way we live and love?
Twelve essays drawing on years of research into artificial intelligence ask challenging questions about humanity, art, religion and the way we live and love.
Available formats: Paperback – Ebook – Audiobook