Speaking of the Future…
David Ewing Duncan has delivered hundreds of talks and also led hundreds of workshops, Q&As, brainstorm and planning sessions, and seminars. He has researched and written dozens of reports and papers and has advised dozens of select nonprofits, universities, companies, investors, funds, and individuals in what’s new; in assessing goals and strategies; and in reframing storytelling in an era when powerful technologies and discoveries are emerging that need to be effectively explained, paid fot, implemented and absorbed by society to optimize the future.
Recent Talks
Talk, TEDx MIT
Keynote: Bangalore Tech Summit
Who Am I?
Confessions of Bio-Quant
What taking 1000s of health tests taught me about cutting-edge science, and about my future - and yours. I give a summary of 25 years of testing and writing about everything from my DNA and protiens to MRI and other scans and levels of toxins inside me - and what I learned, As a science writer I’ve tried to better explain and humanize new breakthroughs in science and technology by investigating what one person could find out about himself. I wrote part of this up in my book, Experimental Man, and in hundreds of articles.
Talk delivered at MIT on December 13, 2026.
A Skeptic’s Guide to Superconvergence
“For Years, as an old fashioned reporter telling it like it is, I had to be the bearer of a reality that not everyone wanted to hear—that a raft of dazzling new life science and health and IT technologies were not quite ready. That gene editing, predictive medicine, regeneration of tissue, and AI and health, as exciting as they were, had not yet lived up to the hype. Now, even for a skeptic, I‘m seeing that multiple technologies and discoveries are arriving, converging, and on the cusp of being real. Here’s why…”
-David Ewing Duncan, Bangalore, India
See below for more videos and topics
Keynote Topics
Topics include thoughtful and detailed ideas, analysis, and future trends in healthcare & genetics, biotechnology, artificial intelligence and robotics, personalized health, climate change, healthcare policy, digital and data-driven health, start-up how-tos, and investing advice, and more.
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Possible Futures in a world of radical change and growing uncertainty
How to frame trends in life sciences, technology, investment, and life, and to plan for the future.
02
Do You Love AI Yet?
What’s Really Happening & What Comes Next —Separating hype from reality, how to do it right, and to learn to love AI.
03
Experimental Man, Longevity, and Radical Wellness
David has been called the most tested man in the world. What technology and personal health data can—and can’t (yet)—reveal about your innermost health secrets and how long you will live.
04
A Skeptic’s Guide to SuperConvergence
It’s been hyped for years, but now it’s happening, when technologies and ideas begin to converge and super accelerate innovation—plus what the biggest hold up is right now to implementing innovation.
05
The Wave Theory
Innovation isn’t linear, it moves in waves of ups and downs, ebbs and flows. So does love, joy, grief, and markets.
06
How to Build a Better Human: a HealthTech Primer
What’s the latest you may not know about in research, engineering, business, investing—what’s working and what’s not, how to navigate what’s new, and how this will impact your future and the future of humanity.
07
Radical Stewardship: Climate, Human Health & The Future of the Planet
How technology and policy can drive sustainable solutions.
(Custom talks available upon request.)
Select Talks & Podcasts
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Keynote: “What Health Data Can Tell Us About Our Health” Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture, John Hopkins Medical School
TEDx Talk: “When I’m 164,”
Brussells Opera House, Brussells, Belgium
Keynote: “Aging’s End? The Science of Radical Life Extension and What Happens if It Succeeds”
CureX: Longevity, New York
