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David’s Substack: FUTURES

David Ewing Duncan

My personal Substack writing about the future of technology, science, business, investment, policy, ethics, ecology, and more from a bestselling author and an award-winning reporter and commentator covering life sciences, AI, politics, and more.

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Are You Happy?

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Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

Usually, I run interviews in this column with fascinating people that start with the same question: what are you most hopeful about and most fearful...

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Welcome to the Human Immunome—Conversations with Systems Immunologist John Tsang and Human Immunome Project Chair Jane Metcalfe

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FUTURES is a column and a newsletter about possible futures at a pivotable moment i...

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Michael Pollan on Politics, Plants, Psychedelics, Consciousness, and the Future

In this issue of FUTURES

Theme: The Writer, Politics, and Consciousness

  • · Essay: Michael Pollan: Politics, Plants, Psychedelics, Consciousness, and the Future—the Writer at Age 70: Michael Pollan has changed minds with books abo...
a year ago

Larry Brilliant: A Cassandra for Our Times

In this issue of FUTURES

Theme: The Augur of Epidemiology

New Essay:

  • · Larry Brilliant: A Cassandra for Our Times: He helped eradicate smallpox, but his pandemic warnings were ignored. Now he's worried about an emerging con...
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The Future Speaks: A Scientist and an Artist Have a Baby and Name Her Futura

Futura, 14 days old.

In this issue of FUTURES

Theme: Futura

  • New Essay: Welcome to 2025, Futura, Hope for Humanity in a Fraught World (Not Too Much Pressure) by David Ewing Duncan

  • Q&A: Futura with Her Mom and Dad

  • From...

a year ago
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