Stories from the future
DAVID EWING DUNCAN
Bestselling author, award-winning journalist, researcher, and advisor focused on the life sciences, AI, culture, policy, people, and society—and on how we can use technology wisely to optimize people and our planet for the future.
David’s Latest
Book
Microlands
The Future of Life of Earth (and why its smaller thsn you think)
..brimming with the excitement of discovery… will shape our understanding of the global ecosystem for decades to come.”
– Siddhartha Mukherjee
Co-author: J. Craig Venter LittleBrownUK; Harvard U Press (US) Order Here
Article
Groundbreaking new tests that can signal underlying disease and tell us how we might recover from our next cold. I got my results in a text message
MIT Tech Review and Aventine
Research
Health trends for the year 2040 in bionics, the brain, climate health, cancer, health economics, AI, policy, self-testing, and more
Jacobs School of Medicine SUNY Buffalo -
Talk
Keynote
Bangalore Technology Summit
Bangalore, India
Best-Selling Author
“A fascinating work of
imaginative futurology”
- USA TODAY on TALKING TO ROBOTS12 BOOKS
21 LANGUAGES
Award Winning Journalist
Latest
MIT TECH REVIEW AND AVENTINE
Groundbreaking new tests reveal patterns in our immune systems that can signal underlying disease and tell us how well we might recover from our next cold. I got my results in a text message
Recents and Favorites
OVER 1,200 STORIES
WRITTEN & PRODUCED
Read my column on Substack
Futures
A column about possible futures at a pivotal moment in history, where the future could turn out wondrous—or not. I’m asking fascinating people what they are most excited about and most afraid of for the future, and why.
In conversation with:
George Church, Michael Pollan, Susannah Fox, Silvia Earle, Larry Brilliant, Kevin Kelly, Jane Metcalfe, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Renee Flemming and more
Latest Column:
Welcome to the Human Immunome—Conversations with Systems Immunologist John Tsang and Human Immunome Chair Jane Metcalfe
Research and Special Projects
Researcher, Executive Editor, and Co-Writer
A team of top writers, scientists, and physicians spent over a year researching health trends for the year 2040. Topics: bionics, cancer, the brain, health economics, climate health, more.
A special issue on the growing body of science on staying healthy. David wrote the lead story and a Q&A with personalized medicine pioneer Lee Hood.
Researcher and Writer
David’s DNA was first sequenced in 2001 for Wired. This began a 20+ yr reporter’s quest to test drive thousands of health tech tests in dozens of stories, and in his book Experimental Man
B&W photos by my brother. Foreword by renowned photographer Paul Caponigro; Afterword by me telling Don’s heartbreaking story. “ …imbued with a magic, poetry, and sharp beauty” - Caponigro
