Exploring the future one story at a time

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David Ewing Duncan

Bestselling author, award-winning journalist and strategic analyst devoted to explaining life science and technology—and how to use it wisely to optimize people and our planet for the future.

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“A fascinating work of
imaginative futurology”

—USA Today about Talking to Robots

12 BOOKS
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Award Winning Journalist

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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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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

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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, George 1000 and more