With pre-sales of commercial flights to Mars being offered and Google executives touting the coming singularity our culture might be at peak-futurism. In Hal Niedzviecki's new book, Trees on Mars (Seven Stories Press), the cultural critic looks at how the future is being managed and shaped, and not for the good. Clive Thompson called it “A dark book about the future — and a thought-provoking one. Trees on Mars will leave you questioning our ideas about progress.” Hal stopped by our Brooklyn studio to talk about the future but Emily also makes him talk about their past, and Hal's role as the Jon Stewart of the zine world.