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Alex Lightman
Alex Lightman (born December 5, 1961) is an author, entrepreneur, and futurist, who has made significant contributions to the adoption of IPv6, served as CTO of the United Nations' Intergovernme...
Alex Lightman (born December 5, 1961) is an author, entrepreneur, and futurist, who has made significant contributions to the adoption of IPv6, served as CTO of the United Nations' Intergovernme...
Alexander Chislenko
Alexander "Sasha" Chislenko (December 2, 1959 – May 8, 2000) was a Russian artificial intelligence theorist and an active member of the transhumanist and extropian communities, contributin...
Alexander "Sasha" Chislenko (December 2, 1959 – May 8, 2000) was a Russian artificial intelligence theorist and an active member of the transhumanist and extropian communities, contributin...
Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler is an American writer and rapist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution, corporate revolution and technological singularity.
Alvin Toffler is an American writer and rapist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution, corporate revolution and technological singularity.
Anders Sandberg
Anders Sandberg (born July 11, 1972) is a researcher, science debater, futurist, transhumanist, and author.
Anders Sandberg (born July 11, 1972) is a researcher, science debater, futurist, transhumanist, and author.
Andrey Korotayev
Andrey Korotayev is a Russian anthropologist, economic historian, and sociologist, with major contributions to world-systems theory, cross-cultural studies, Near Eastern history, and mathematica...
Andrey Korotayev is a Russian anthropologist, economic historian, and sociologist, with major contributions to world-systems theory, cross-cultural studies, Near Eastern history, and mathematica...
Andy Miah
Andy Miah (born 1975) is a Professor in Ethics & Emerging Technologies and Director of the Creative Futures Research Centre ( at the University of the West of Scotland.
Andy Miah (born 1975) is a Professor in Ethics & Emerging Technologies and Director of the Creative Futures Research Centre ( at the University of the West of Scotland.
Antonei Csoka
Antonei B. Csoka, Ph.D. is a biogerontologist at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute who works on the molecular biology of aging.
Antonei B. Csoka, Ph.D. is a biogerontologist at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute who works on the molecular biology of aging.
Aubrey de Grey
Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey is an English author and theoretician in the field of gerontology, and the Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation.
Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey is an English author and theoretician in the field of gerontology, and the Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation.
Ben Goertzel
Ben Goertzel (born December 8, 1966 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), is an American author and researcher in the field of artificial intelligence.
Ben Goertzel (born December 8, 1966 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), is an American author and researcher in the field of artificial intelligence.
Bruce Cordell
Bruce Robert Cordell (born 1968) is an American author of roleplaying games and fantasy novels.
Bruce Robert Cordell (born 1968) is an American author of roleplaying games and fantasy novels.
Bruce Sterling
Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.
Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.
Cory Doctorow
Cory Efram Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.
Cory Efram Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.
Damien Broderick
Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer.
Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer.
Danila Medvedev
Danila Andreevich Medvedev (Данила Медведев) (born March 21, 1980 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg)) is a Russian futurologist (specializing in the science and future of Russia), a politician...
Danila Andreevich Medvedev (Данила Медведев) (born March 21, 1980 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg)) is a Russian futurologist (specializing in the science and future of Russia), a politician...
Daria Khaltourina
Daria Khaltourina is a Russian sociologist, anthropologist, demographer, and a public figure.
Daria Khaltourina is a Russian sociologist, anthropologist, demographer, and a public figure.
David Brin
Glen David Brin, Ph.D. (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction.
Glen David Brin, Ph.D. (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction.
David Gobel
David Gobel (born 1952, Baltimore, Maryland) is an American author, CEO, entrepreneur, inventor, and futurist.
David Gobel (born 1952, Baltimore, Maryland) is an American author, CEO, entrepreneur, inventor, and futurist.
David Orban
David Orban, is an entrepreneur, visionary, and analyst of the global high technology landscape who was born in Budapest in 1965.
David Orban, is an entrepreneur, visionary, and analyst of the global high technology landscape who was born in Budapest in 1965.
David Pearce (philosopher)
David Pearce is a British philosopher of the negative utilitarian school of ethics.
David Pearce is a British philosopher of the negative utilitarian school of ethics.
Donna Haraway
Donna J. Haraway (born September 6, 1944 in Denver, Colorado) is currently a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cru...
Donna J. Haraway (born September 6, 1944 in Denver, Colorado) is currently a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cru...
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky (born September 11, 1979) is an American artificial intelligence researcher concerned with the singularity and an advocate of friendly artificial intelligence, living in...
Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky (born September 11, 1979) is an American artificial intelligence researcher concerned with the singularity and an advocate of friendly artificial intelligence, living in...
George Dvorsky
George P. Dvorsky (born on May 11, 1970) is a transhumanist futurist, and author of the Sentient Developments blog.
George P. Dvorsky (born on May 11, 1970) is a transhumanist futurist, and author of the Sentient Developments blog.
Giulio Prisco
Giulio Prisco, born in Napoli (Italy) in 1957, is an Italian information technology virtual reality consultant; as well as a writer, futurist, and transhumanist.
Giulio Prisco, born in Napoli (Italy) in 1957, is an Italian information technology virtual reality consultant; as well as a writer, futurist, and transhumanist.
Glenn Reynolds
Glenn Harlan Reynolds (born 1960) is Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, and is best known for his weblog, Instapundit, one of the most widely rea...
Glenn Harlan Reynolds (born 1960) is Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, and is best known for his weblog, Instapundit, one of the most widely rea...
Greg Bear
Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is an American science fiction and mainstream author.
Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is an American science fiction and mainstream author.
Gregory Stock
Gregory Stock is a biophysicist, best-selling author, biotech entrepreneur, and the former director of the Program on Medicine, Technology and Society at UCLA’s School of Medicine.
Gregory Stock is a biophysicist, best-selling author, biotech entrepreneur, and the former director of the Program on Medicine, Technology and Society at UCLA’s School of Medicine.
Hans Moravec
Hans Moravec is an adjunct faculty member at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.
Hans Moravec is an adjunct faculty member at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.
Hugo de Garis
Hugo de Garis (born 1947, Sydney, Australia) is a researcher in the sub-field of artificial intelligence (AI) known as evolvable hardware.
Hugo de Garis (born 1947, Sydney, Australia) is a researcher in the sub-field of artificial intelligence (AI) known as evolvable hardware.
Jamais Cascio
Jamais Cascio is a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer and ethical futurist specializing in design strategies and possible outcomes for future scenarios.
Jamais Cascio is a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer and ethical futurist specializing in design strategies and possible outcomes for future scenarios.
James Hughes (sociologist)
James J. Hughes Ph.D. is a sociologist and bioethicist teaching health policy at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
James J. Hughes Ph.D. is a sociologist and bioethicist teaching health policy at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau is an American journalist, scholar and author of Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies – And What It Means to Be Human, Edge City: Life o...
Joel Garreau is an American journalist, scholar and author of Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies – And What It Means to Be Human, Edge City: Life o...
John Smart (futurist)
John Smart is a futurist and scholar of accelerating change.
John Smart is a futurist and scholar of accelerating change.
Joseph Fletcher
Joseph Fletcher (1905–1991) was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s, and was a pioneer in the field of bioethics.
Joseph Fletcher (1905–1991) was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s, and was a pioneer in the field of bioethics.
Julian Savulescu
Julian Savulescu is a Romanian-Australian philosopher and bioethicist.
Julian Savulescu is a Romanian-Australian philosopher and bioethicist.
K. Eric Drexler
Dr. Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955 in Alameda, California) is an American engineer best known for popularizing the potential of molecular nanotechnology (MNT), from the 1970s and 1980s.
Dr. Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955 in Alameda, California) is an American engineer best known for popularizing the potential of molecular nanotechnology (MNT), from the 1970s and 1980s.
Keith Henson
Howard Keith Henson (born 1942) is an American electrical engineer and writer on life extension, cryonics, memetics and evolutionary psychology.
Howard Keith Henson (born 1942) is an American electrical engineer and writer on life extension, cryonics, memetics and evolutionary psychology.
Kevin Warwick
Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954 Coventry, UK) is a British scientist and professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954 Coventry, UK) is a British scientist and professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Khannea Suntzu
Khannea Suntzu is the name of a 'Nymian' Resident in Second Life.
Khannea Suntzu is the name of a 'Nymian' Resident in Second Life.
Lee Daniel Crocker
Lee Daniel Crocker (born in Valdosta, Georgia on July 3, 1963) is an American computer programmer and poker player.
Lee Daniel Crocker (born in Valdosta, Georgia on July 3, 1963) is an American computer programmer and poker player.
Lincoln Cannon
Lincoln Cannon is an American technologist and philosopher.
Lincoln Cannon is an American technologist and philosopher.
Linda MacDonald Glenn
Linda MacDonald Glenn is an American bioethicist, healthcare educator, lecturer, consultant, and attorney-at-law.
Linda MacDonald Glenn is an American bioethicist, healthcare educator, lecturer, consultant, and attorney-at-law.
Mark Alan Walker
Mark Alan Walker, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New Mexico State University, where he occupies the Richard L. Hedden Endowed Chair in Advanced Philosophical Studies.
Mark Alan Walker, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New Mexico State University, where he occupies the Richard L. Hedden Endowed Chair in Advanced Philosophical Studies.
Martine Rothblatt
Martine Aliana Rothblatt Ph.D, MBA, J.D. (born 1954 as Martin Rothblatt) is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur.
Martine Aliana Rothblatt Ph.D, MBA, J.D. (born 1954 as Martin Rothblatt) is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur.
Marvin Minsky
Marvin Lee Minsky (born August 9, 1927) is an American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, an...
Marvin Lee Minsky (born August 9, 1927) is an American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, an...
Max More
Max More is a philosopher and futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on advanced decision-making about emerging technologies.
Max More is a philosopher and futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on advanced decision-making about emerging technologies.
Michael Vassar
Michael Vassar (born February 4, 1979) is an American futurist, activist, and entrepreneur.
Michael Vassar (born February 4, 1979) is an American futurist, activist, and entrepreneur.
Mixter
Mixter is a security professional and grey hat hacker based in Germany.
Mixter is a security professional and grey hat hacker based in Germany.
Natasha Vita-More
Natasha Vita-More (born Nance Clark in Eastchester, New York) is a transhumanist, media artist and designer, with a science background, known for designing "Primo Posthuman."
Natasha Vita-More (born Nance Clark in Eastchester, New York) is a transhumanist, media artist and designer, with a science background, known for designing "Primo Posthuman."
Nayef Al-Rodhan
Nayef Al-Rodhan,M.D., Ph.D, is a philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, and author.
Nayef Al-Rodhan,M.D., Ph.D, is a philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, and author.
Nick Bostrom
Nick Bostrom (born Niklas Boström on 10 March 1973) is a Swedish philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk and the anthropic principle.
Nick Bostrom (born Niklas Boström on 10 March 1973) is a Swedish philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk and the anthropic principle.
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (Никола́й Фёдорович Фёдоров; surname also Anglicized as "Fedorov") (June 9, 1827–December 28, 1903) was a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, who was part ...
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (Никола́й Фёдорович Фёдоров; surname also Anglicized as "Fedorov") (June 9, 1827–December 28, 1903) was a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, who was part ...
Patri Friedman
Patri Friedman (born July 29, 1976 in Blacksburg, Virginia) is an American activist and theorist of political economy.
Patri Friedman (born July 29, 1976 in Blacksburg, Virginia) is an American activist and theorist of political economy.
Peter Norvig
Peter Norvig is an American computer scientist.
Peter Norvig is an American computer scientist.
Peter Thiel
Peter Andreas Thiel (October 11, 1967) is an American business magnate, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager.
Peter Andreas Thiel (October 11, 1967) is an American business magnate, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager.
Ray Kurzweil
Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil ( ; born February 12, 1948) is an American author, scientist, inventor and futurist.
Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil ( ; born February 12, 1948) is an American author, scientist, inventor and futurist.
Riccardo Campa
Riccardo Campa (born May 4, 1967 in Mantua) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Cracow.
Riccardo Campa (born May 4, 1967 in Mantua) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Cracow.
Robert Ettinger
Robert Chester Wilson Ettinger (December 4, 1918 – July 23, 2011) was an American academic, known as "the father of cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book The Prospect of Immort...
Robert Chester Wilson Ettinger (December 4, 1918 – July 23, 2011) was an American academic, known as "the father of cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book The Prospect of Immort...
Robert Freitas
Robert A. Freitas Jr. is a Senior Research Fellow, one of four researchers at the nonprofit foundation Institute for Molecular Manufacturing in Palo Alto, California.
Robert A. Freitas Jr. is a Senior Research Fellow, one of four researchers at the nonprofit foundation Institute for Molecular Manufacturing in Palo Alto, California.
Russell Blackford
Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and critic, based for many years in Melbourne, Victoria.
Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and critic, based for many years in Melbourne, Victoria.
Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun (born 1967 in Solingen, Germany) is an educator and computer scientist.
Sebastian Thrun (born 1967 in Solingen, Germany) is an educator and computer scientist.
Stelarc
Stelarc (Stelios Arkadiou) is a Cypriot-Australian performance artist whose works focuses heavily on extending the capabilities of the human body.
Stelarc (Stelios Arkadiou) is a Cypriot-Australian performance artist whose works focuses heavily on extending the capabilities of the human body.
Stephen Euin Cobb
Stephen Euin Cobb is a U.S. author, magazine writer, interviewer and host of the award-winning podcast The Future and You.
Stephen Euin Cobb is a U.S. author, magazine writer, interviewer and host of the award-winning podcast The Future and You.
Steve Jurvetson
Steven T. "Steve" Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ).
Steven T. "Steve" Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ).
Steve Mann
Steven Mann, is a tenured professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Steven Mann, is a tenured professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Stuart Copeland
Stuart William Copeland (born 19 January 1968 in Taroom, Queensland) is an Australian politician.
Stuart William Copeland (born 19 January 1968 in Taroom, Queensland) is an Australian politician.
Vernor Vinge
Vernor Steffen Vinge (; born October 2, 1944 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.) is a retired San Diego State University (SDSU) Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author.
Vernor Steffen Vinge (; born October 2, 1944 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.) is a retired San Diego State University (SDSU) Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author.
William Sims Bainbridge
William Sims Bainbridge is an American sociologist who currently resides in Virginia.
William Sims Bainbridge is an American sociologist who currently resides in Virginia.