David Duncan

Activist, Artist, Brainstormer, Change agent, Concerned citizen, Consultant, Designer, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Event planner, Explorer, Filmmaker, Global soul, Idea generator, Journalist, Musician, Parent, Policy maker, Producer, Social entrepreneur, Technologist, World traveler, Writer/Editor

David is an award-winning journalist covering life science and technology and its impact on humans and the planet - and a best-selling author of 12 books published in 21 languages. He is an entrepreneur, researcher, consultant, and event designer and host. He writes for Vanity Fair, Scientific American, Atlantic, The New York Times, Wired, and many others. He writes the Futures column for Substack. He is a former special producer and correspondent for ABC Nightline and and 20/20, and for NPR's Morning Edition. He was the longtime Chief Correspondent of NPR Talk's Tech Nation. Recent books include Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures (Dutton); Microlands: The Future of Life on Earth (and why it's smaller than you think), co-authored by Craig Venter (LittleBrownUK-Harvard), and the bestsellers Experimental Man (Wiley) and Calendar (HarperCollins). He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Arc Fusion, which holds unique events around the world on major life science topics and consults to select companies and nonprofits; he is a former Health Expert in Residence at IDEO. David has given 4 TED talks and has co-founded three companies, and and was the founding director of the Center for Life Science Policy at UC Berkeley. Website: www.duncanfusion.com

So much. Storytelling, poetry, bicycling, facts, science, mystery, history of the future

Empathy, smart optimism

Biotech, Culture, Documentaries, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Events, History, Strategic Planning, Television, Writing

I was first snuck into TED in Monterey c. 2002 and have attended TED off and on—I've spoken at TEDx events in Brussels, SF, and Berkeley (twice). I wrote a TED Book on longevity, and I know a few Tedsters, too.

I make a killer cup of coffee