Tom Lombardo
Tom Lombardo, Ph.D. is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Future Consciousness in Scottsdale, Arizona and a leading researcher, writer, and speaker on the topic of the future. The author of The Evolution of Future Consciousness and Contemporary Futurist Thought, Dr. Lombardo brings a unique and powerful synthesis of contemporary science, psychology and philosophy to the field of future studies and futures education.
Dr. Lombardo is also the recently retired Faculty Chair of Psychology and Philosophy at Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the University of Minnesota and a graduate fellow of Cornell University. He has served as the Chief Psychologist and Educational Director at John Madden Mental Health Center, the Dean of Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, and the Chair of the Psychology Instructional Council at Maricopa Community Colleges. His first book, The Reciprocity of Perceiver and Environment, is the best selling volume in Lawrence Erlbaum’s Resources in Ecological Psychology and has been translated into Japanese.
Dr. Lombardo is an award-winning educator with over thirty years professional experience. He has supervised college faculty and faculty departments, and designed innumerable college courses, including complete undergraduate and graduate programs. His disciplinary background is very broad and highly integrative. Aside from psychology and philosophy, he has extensively studied intellectual history, evolutionary theory, cosmology, the philosophies of science and time, science fiction, and most recently futurist literature, ranging from the future of science and technology to the future of psychology, human society, culture, and religion. He has also worked in academic, clinical education, and mental health settings, and is well versed in theories and practices of human growth, personal development, and self-fulfillment.
Dr. Lombardo has been designing and teaching college courses and giving professional presentations on the future for the last fifteen years. He is a regular contributor to the World Future Society conventions. He has given presentations on “The Pursuit of Wisdom and the Future of Education” at the School for the Future in Den Bosch, The Netherlands; “Science Fiction as the Mythology of the Future” at the NASA Contact Conference and the World Future Society; “The Future of Science, Religion, and Spirituality” and “The Evolution and Future Direction of Marriage” (with Jeanne Lombardo) at the World Future Society; “The Second Enlightenment: Wisdom and Enhanced Future Consciousness” at the Second Enlightenment Conference, “Ethical Character Development and Personal and Academic Excellence” at Central Piedmont Community College; and, as the keynote address, “The Future of Psychology and the Psychology of the Future” at the New Mexico Psychological Association Convention. In the summer of 2008, he presented workshops in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, Brazil on “Consciousness of the Future and the Future of Consciousness,” and gave presentations at the World Future Society on “The Future Evolution of Humanity, Consciousness, and the Human Mind” and “Utopian Visions and Values for the Future” (with Jeanne Lombardo). Most recently he has given presentations on “The Ethics of the Future” and “The Ontology of the Psychology of Creativity” at the World Future Society and “Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the Future” at the Wisdom, Science, and the Future Conference in San Luis Obispo, California.
Dr. Lombardo’s publications include: “Evolving Future Consciousness through the Pursuit of Virtue,” “The Value of Future Consciousness,” “The Pursuit of Wisdom and the Future of Education”, “The Evolution and Future Direction of Marriage” (with Jeanne Lombardo), and “The Wisdom of Future Consciousness” published in the annual World Future Society Anthologies; “Thinking Ahead: The Value of Future Consciousness” published in The Futurist; “The Psychology and Evolution of Future Consciousness” published in The Journal of Future Studies; “Time, Future Consciousness, and Personal Responsibility” published in Personal Responsibility: The Power of You; “Understanding and Teaching Future Consciousness” published in On the Horizon; and “The Future Evolution of the Ecology of Mind” published in the World Future Review. He also published a series of articles on science fiction and futurist thinking, “Accelerating into the Future,” “The Future Worlds of Science Fiction: Simmons’ Hyperion Epic,” “Reflections of Human Civilization: Alternative Realities in Robert Sawyer’s Neanderthal Parallax” (with Jeanne Lombardo), and “Cosmic Visions of the Future: The Science Fiction of Stephen Baxter” in the World Future Society newsletter Learning Tomorrow as well as a series of articles on “Developing Constructive and Creative Attitudes and Behaviors about the Future” in the World Futures Study Federation publication Futures Bulleti
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Dr. Lombardo is also the recently retired Faculty Chair of Psychology and Philosophy at Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the University of Minnesota and a graduate fellow of Cornell University. He has served as the Chief Psychologist and Educational Director at John Madden Mental Health Center, the Dean of Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, and the Chair of the Psychology Instructional Council at Maricopa Community Colleges. His first book, The Reciprocity of Perceiver and Environment, is the best selling volume in Lawrence Erlbaum’s Resources in Ecological Psychology and has been translated into Japanese.
Dr. Lombardo is an award-winning educator with over thirty years professional experience. He has supervised college faculty and faculty departments, and designed innumerable college courses, including complete undergraduate and graduate programs. His disciplinary background is very broad and highly integrative. Aside from psychology and philosophy, he has extensively studied intellectual history, evolutionary theory, cosmology, the philosophies of science and time, science fiction, and most recently futurist literature, ranging from the future of science and technology to the future of psychology, human society, culture, and religion. He has also worked in academic, clinical education, and mental health settings, and is well versed in theories and practices of human growth, personal development, and self-fulfillment.
Dr. Lombardo has been designing and teaching college courses and giving professional presentations on the future for the last fifteen years. He is a regular contributor to the World Future Society conventions. He has given presentations on “The Pursuit of Wisdom and the Future of Education” at the School for the Future in Den Bosch, The Netherlands; “Science Fiction as the Mythology of the Future” at the NASA Contact Conference and the World Future Society; “The Future of Science, Religion, and Spirituality” and “The Evolution and Future Direction of Marriage” (with Jeanne Lombardo) at the World Future Society; “The Second Enlightenment: Wisdom and Enhanced Future Consciousness” at the Second Enlightenment Conference, “Ethical Character Development and Personal and Academic Excellence” at Central Piedmont Community College; and, as the keynote address, “The Future of Psychology and the Psychology of the Future” at the New Mexico Psychological Association Convention. In the summer of 2008, he presented workshops in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, Brazil on “Consciousness of the Future and the Future of Consciousness,” and gave presentations at the World Future Society on “The Future Evolution of Humanity, Consciousness, and the Human Mind” and “Utopian Visions and Values for the Future” (with Jeanne Lombardo). Most recently he has given presentations on “The Ethics of the Future” and “The Ontology of the Psychology of Creativity” at the World Future Society and “Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the Future” at the Wisdom, Science, and the Future Conference in San Luis Obispo, California.
Dr. Lombardo’s publications include: “Evolving Future Consciousness through the Pursuit of Virtue,” “The Value of Future Consciousness,” “The Pursuit of Wisdom and the Future of Education”, “The Evolution and Future Direction of Marriage” (with Jeanne Lombardo), and “The Wisdom of Future Consciousness” published in the annual World Future Society Anthologies; “Thinking Ahead: The Value of Future Consciousness” published in The Futurist; “The Psychology and Evolution of Future Consciousness” published in The Journal of Future Studies; “Time, Future Consciousness, and Personal Responsibility” published in Personal Responsibility: The Power of You; “Understanding and Teaching Future Consciousness” published in On the Horizon; and “The Future Evolution of the Ecology of Mind” published in the World Future Review. He also published a series of articles on science fiction and futurist thinking, “Accelerating into the Future,” “The Future Worlds of Science Fiction: Simmons’ Hyperion Epic,” “Reflections of Human Civilization: Alternative Realities in Robert Sawyer’s Neanderthal Parallax” (with Jeanne Lombardo), and “Cosmic Visions of the Future: The Science Fiction of Stephen Baxter” in the World Future Society newsletter Learning Tomorrow as well as a series of articles on “Developing Constructive and Creative Attitudes and Behaviors about the Future” in the World Futures Study Federation publication Futures Bulleti
Phone: 480 4514273
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This three-part video provides a concise introductory history of science fiction, from Shelley and Wells to Vinge and Baxter, highlighting key authors, books, topics, and themes, and encompassing both literature and cinema. The strengths and values of science fiction as the most influential form of contemporary future consciousness are described.
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Here he discusses visions of future humanity to be found in the science fiction literature and elsewhere. He emphasizes Charles Darwin's observation that, in the distant future, all of the species currently alive will have evolved into new forms. He suggests many different possibilities for humans and indicates that we may be able to select our future evolution -- if we decide to choose wisely. He acknowledges that, for some, this will seem like blasphemy and playing god.
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is a past vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology; and is the recipient of the Pathfinder Award from that Association for his contributions to the field of human consciousness exploration.
(Recorded on November 2, 2017)