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Stories from the future

Exploring the future one story at a time

Bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and strategic analyst focused on life science, AI, culture, and society—and on how to use technology wisely to optimize people and our planet for the future.

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Award winning journalist researching and explaining the stories of our future

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“A fascinating work of
imaginative futurology”

- USA TODAY on TALKING TO ROBOTS

12 BOOKS
21 LANGUAGES

Award Winning Journalist

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Stolen Words: COVID, Ketamine, and Me
VANITY FAIR
Stolen Words: COVID, Ketamine, and Me
VANITY FAIR

A Vanity Fair contributor’s encounter with psychedelics helped him emerge from a pandemic brain fog that had snatched away his ability to write.

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VANITY FAIR
The Next Climate Change Calamity?
VANITY FAIR
The Next Climate Change Calamity?
VANITY FAIR

We’re Ruining the Microbiome, According to Human-Genome-Pioneer Craig Venter 

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VANITY FAIR
The Next Best Version of Me: How to Live Forever
WIRED
The Next Best Version of Me: How to Live Forever
WIRED

Researchers want to synthesize an optimized human genome that can be stored indefinitely and grown decades from now. So I volunteered mine.

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WIRED
The 1000 Faces of George Church
The 1000 Faces of George Church

He's Everywhere—a Harvard geneticist whose science fiction visions of the future tend to become real: an essay and Q&A with George Church discussing his hopes and fears for the future.

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Thinking Is Doing With Cyborg Technology
NPR
Thinking Is Doing With Cyborg Technology
NPR

Scientists make it possible for quadriplegics to control a television, play simple computer games and check e-mail... by just thinking about it.

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NPR
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The Arrhythmia of our Current Age
MIT TECH REVIEW
The Arrhythmia of our Current Age
MIT TECH REVIEW

The rhythms of life seem off. Can we restore a steady beat?

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MIT TECH REVIEW

OVER 1,200 STORIES
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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, Deepak Chopra, Silvia Earle, Kevin Kelly, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Renee Flemming and more