Chen Qiufan
One of the leading Chinese scifi visionaries, prize-winning Chen Qiufan, author of Waste Tide, 2013, published in English in 2020. Co-author of AI 2041: Ten Visions for our Future where Chen’s thought-provoking short stories are interspersed with co-author Kai-Fu Lee’s technology, science and societal analysis. Wikipedia page and Chen’s website.
Art Kleiner
A global forward thinker, once a pioneer, always a pioneer! Art Kleiner, author of The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management first published in 1996. His new book just out is The AI Dilemma: 7 Principles for Responsible Technology co-authored with Juliette Powell. Book website.
Debbie Urbanski
Author of upcoming novel, After World, out on December 5, 2023. Among many short works: “The Cave” and the masterful “An Incomplete Timeline of What We Tried”. Debbie’s website. After World site.
Mark Gröb
In charge of immersive Tech for UPS. He explored, built XR (extended reality) practice at UPS. including numerous patents. He was on my Bold New Breed podcast a couple years ago. We’ll soon learn what’s happened since at UPS. Mark’s Linkedin page.
These are the first guests scheduled. More coming….