Tech, society & the future
A small but growing list of people I think are worth following who have something interesting to say about the intersection of technology, society, and the future. Who am I missing?
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@andrewmaynard.bsky.social
@dearsarah.bsky.social
Accountability Architect💡 Artisanal Database Maker🔎 🧾 Storyteller/Writer/Producer🎙️✍️🎥 Avenger, Lawyer, Democrat🗳️ Redistributive Justice ⚖️ Choice Optimizer🤖 Researcher & OG Prompt Engineer🧌 Human Palantir🔮 https://linktr.ee/realdearsarah
@pedrohalbuquerque.net
Research Fellow, AMSE | Senior Member, IEEE | Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society | Cofounder ACCELERATION & ADAPTATION | Ph.D. in Economics, UW-Madison | B.S. in Electrical Engineering, UnB 🌐 http://pedrohalbuquerque.net
@rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social
Researcher, PhD, University of Helsinki. Memory politics, VR/XR, emotions, propaganda, populism. New article on space, time, memory, and distortion in VR: https://doi.org/10.1177/17506980241283895
@mortenbay.bsky.social
Media and tech scholar. Teaches at USC Annenberg. Writes stuff for normal people too. Stings in a tribute band.
@drgrahamwalker.com
— ER doc in SF — @Offcall.com co-founder (Solving physician burnout through transparency!) — MDCalc.com creator — Physicians' Charter for Responsible AI physicianscharter.ai/ (posts are my own and nothing to do with employers)
@emollick.bsky.social
Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence. Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1 Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/ Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
@ainowinstitute.bsky.social
The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence. Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/
@alondra.bsky.social
Scholar, author, policy advisor alondranelson.com Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
@liedra.net
Professor of Ethics and Games Technology, University of Staffordshire UK - she/her Vice chair ACM Committee on Professional Ethics, Co-EIC ACM Games Content co-lead #EMFCamp Ethics of games & emerging tech; AI & crypto critic https://liedra.net
@emilymbender.bsky.social
Book: https://thecon.ai Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
@maryrobinettekowal.com
Hugo-award winning author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. The Martian Contingency is available where books are sold.
@weinersmith.bsky.social
A big nerd. Co-author of NYTimes Bestsellers Soonish & A City on Mars. Co-host of Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe. She/her www.weinersmith.com
@seanthenerd.bsky.social
Futurist | Technologist | Educator | Foresight Catalyst | Research Scientist @ ASU https://futureofbeinghuman.asu.edu/
@shane.mccracken.org.uk
Project Director - http://imascienti.st Creating equality of opportunity in STEM & careers enrichment for school students. Wearer of orange jacket at conferences.
@drdonnakidwell.com
Technology is wonderful, let's make it trustworthy too. Chief Information Officer, University of Toronto
@lisamargonelli.bsky.social
Maine resident. Books: Underbug, Oil on the Brain. Fan of termites, mushrooms, clams, and phylogenetic trees. EIC: Issues in Science and Technology. Opinions are my own.
@saraimari.bsky.social
Physicist interested in life and it’s origin. Professor at Arizona State University; External Faculty at Santa Fe Institute
@cityplanning.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Arizona State University I study transport, land use, local governance. Cityplanning.01 on signal. Four freedoms. Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uFu5Z2YAAAAJ&hl=en
@milesbrundage.bsky.social
AI policy researcher, wife guy in training, fan of cute animals and sci-fi. Started a Substack recently: https://milesbrundage.substack.com/
@tedpavlic.bsky.social
ASU Assoc. Prof in SCAI and SOLS. Decision making and behavior in living and artificial autonomous systems. I ❤️ ants, bees, wasps, robots, and optimal foraging theory. mastodon: @tedpavlic@mas.to Twitter/X: @TedPavlic @TEDx: http://youtu.be/9GWXCRetOjk
@shobitap.org
Science & #tech politics and #policy incl patents. Author: next book on politics of inclusive innovation/tech for equity. #STS scholar. Prof & Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Pgm, U of Michigan. The Received Wisdom podcast. shobitap.org
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social
I'm a scientist at Tufts University; my lab studies anatomical and behavioral decision-making at multiple scales of biological, artificial, and hybrid systems. www.drmichaellevin.org
@sheril.bsky.social
CFR fellow in the U.S. Senate. Scientist. Author. Host of PBS Serving Up Science. www.sherilkirshenbaum.com
@drkiki.bsky.social
Longtime podcaster, science communicator, ex-birdbrain researcher, curious person trying to be kind & spread joy. This Week in Science podcast (TWIS.org) Founder Associationofsciencecommunicators.org Signal: If you know me, find me there. Let's talk.
@revkin.bsky.social
40 years of prize-winning sustainability journalism, mostly @nytimes, #sustainwhat webcaster https://revkin.substack.com, #Anthropocene Working Group member, solution seeker, songwriter https://j.mp/revkinlinks
@tarynoneill.bsky.social
Filmmaker. Futurist. Impact Creative Co-founder of Scirens.com Using storytelling to shape #betterfutures 🌀 https://linktr.ee/tarynoneill 🎬✨🌍
@harkaway.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter. Mutinous mutterer. Husband of much better person. Father of similar. New Cal Sounder novel SLEEPER BEACH is OUT NOW. UK pb Karla’s Choice coming May 22nd. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. (He/him) www.linktr.ee/harkaway
@carlzimmer.com
NYT columnist. Signal: carlzimmer.31 web:carlzimmer.com AIR-BORNE: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE LIFE WE BREATHE https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793/air-borne-by-carl-zimmer/ [This account includes a tweet archive]
@galeannehurd.bsky.social
Fighting disinformation/misinformation. Film/TV producer (The Walking Dead, The Terminator, Aliens, T2, Tremors, Armageddon) and documentaries (The YouTube Effect, Mankiller) & a bunch of stuff you've never heard of. Full-time Gooner. Part-time Cassandra.
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social
Author of Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and the comic SMBC Website: www.smbc-comics.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h New book: http://www.acityonmars.com/
@anildash.com
that guy from the internet • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and xmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • see https://anildash.com
@greatdismal.bsky.social
Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
@andrewmaynard.bsky.social
Professor of Advanced Tech Transitions at ASU. Consummate undisciplinarian. Write about tech, society and the future at https://futureofbeinghuman.com/ and co-host the Modem Futura podcast