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Michael Pollan on Politics, Plants, Psychedelics, Consciousness, and the Future
He's changed minds with bestselling books on psychedelics and on botany and desire. Now he’s tackling consciousness | Also from from my archives…
Jun 21
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Michael Pollan on Politics, Plants, Psychedelics, Consciousness, and the Future
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May 2025
Larry Brilliant: A Cassandra for Our Times
He helped eradicate smallpox, but his pandemic warnings were ignored. Now he's worried about an emerging contagion of anti-science. Also from my…
May 10
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Larry Brilliant: A Cassandra for Our Times
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January 2025
The Future Speaks: A Scientist and an Artist Have a Baby and Name Her Futura
A New Year’s Chat with Futura, Age 14 Days—and Her Parents, Biotech Entrepreneur Riccardo Sabatini and Artist Olivia Ives-Flores | And from my…
Jan 9
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The Future Speaks: A Scientist and an Artist Have a Baby and Name Her Futura
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December 2024
Sussing the Future at XPRIZE (Part1)—with Neil deGrass Tyson, Peter Diamandis, Jennifer Garrison, Daniel Kraft, and Erik Lindbergh
The future of AI, space, women’s health, longevity, wisdom, and climate change: voices from the XPRIZE summit in Malibu » Also from my Archives: “Thomas…
Dec 11, 2024
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Sussing the Future at XPRIZE (Part1)—with Neil deGrass Tyson, Peter Diamandis, Jennifer Garrison, Daniel Kraft, and Erik Lindbergh
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November 2024
As We Vote, do the Rhythms of Life Seem… Off? Can We Restore a Steady Beat?
Politics and the Heart. My essay on how modern life—including politics—impacts our hearts, literally and metaphorically | Plus: “Growing Heart Cells…
Nov 5, 2024
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As We Vote, do the Rhythms of Life Seem… Off? Can We Restore a Steady Beat?
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September 2024
The Biophysicist, the Billionaire, and the Quest to Cure Disease—an Update
Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan tapped Stanford's Steve Quake to help eradicate disease by 2100. How's it going? Also: The Future of Health (report…
Sep 19, 2024
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The Biophysicist, the Billionaire, and the Quest to Cure Disease—an Update
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August 2024
Sylvia Earle: Defender of Oceans—on Her Life, Climate Change, Health, and the Future
An essay and Q&A; also my Vanity Fair essay on how climate change impacts the Ocean microbiome; diving with my son in Belize for Outside; and my UN talk…
Aug 26, 2024
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Sylvia Earle: Defender of Oceans—on Her Life, Climate Change, Health, and the Future
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July 2024
A Pioneer of Ketamine Psychotherapy on Psychedelics’ Future
An interview with psychiatrist Phil Wolfson; also 2 Vanity Fair essays on psychedelics; plus, a video of me giving a talk and a reading of “Stolen…
Jul 12, 2024
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A Pioneer of Ketamine Psychotherapy on Psychedelics’ Future
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June 2024
The 1000 Faces of George Church
He's Everywhere—a geneticist whose science fiction visions of the future tend to become real | Plus, from my archives a Church profile (NYTimes); and…
Jun 28, 2024
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The 1000 Faces of George Church
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May 2024
Opera Legend Renée Fleming on What Makes Our Minds Sing
Music and the Brain Issue, Part 1: plus a Q&A with Fleming and a review of her new book; a video and discount on mind-music app Spiritune; and a Tech…
May 21, 2024
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Opera Legend Renée Fleming on What Makes Our Minds Sing
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April 2024
Robot-Human Hybrids Are Here
Also in this issue: "How Science Can Build a Better You" (NYTs) from my archives; plus a conversation with Juan Enriquez & Eric Schadt on designer…
Apr 18, 2024
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Robot-Human Hybrids Are Here
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March 2024
You Say You Want a (Healthcare) Revolution?
Susannah Fox wants to take back healthcare for patients in her new book, Rebel Health - a review and Q&A with the author, and thoughts about technology…
Mar 8, 2024
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