Barbara Marx Hubbard
John Kao
V.S. Ramachandran
V.S. Ramachandran is a Distinguished Professor in UCSD’s Department of Psychology, where he is the director of the Center for Brain and Cognition. Ramachandran is known for his wide-ranging experiments and theories in behavioral neurology, including the invention of the mirror box. After earning a medical degree in India, Ramachandran studied experimental neuroscience at Cambridge,…
Robbert Dijkgraaf
Robbert Dijkgraaf is the Director and Leon Levy professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He is a mathematical physicist who has made significant contributions to string theory and the advancement of science education. His research focuses on the interface between mathematics and particle physics. In addition to finding surprising and deep connections…
Max More
Max More is a philosopher and futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on advanced decision-making about emerging technologies. Born in Bristol, England, More has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St Anne’s College, Oxford. His 1995 University of Southern California doctoral dissertation “The Diachronic Self: Identity, Continuity, and Transformation” examined several issues that concern…
Natasha Vita-More
Natasha Vita-More is a faculty member in design, media arts, and theory at the University of Advancing Technology. She is a strategic designer in the area of human enhancement and life extension. Her interests are located within the ethical uses of science and technology and socio-political implications of revolutionary advances impacting humanity’s future. She holds…
Julia Mossbridge
Julia Mossbridge focuses ruthlessly on developing a deep understanding of love, time, technology, and how these human experiences relate to corresponding physical forces. Her most recent relevant projects include: Creating a Socratic GPT to guide intelligence analysts through the critical thinking process, leading a diverse team of technologists and designers to create a scalable, self-guided…
Douglas Vakoch
Douglas Vakoch is the Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute, as well as the only social scientist employed by a SETI organization. He received his BA in Comparative Religion from Carleton College and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from SUNY Stony Brook. Vakoch leads the SETI Institute’s project to compose interstellar messages…
Raymond Tallis
Raymond C. Tallis is a a retired physician and neuroscientist from Great Britain. His resume boasts titles like philosopher, poet and novelist. He is also a member of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Royal College of Physicians and Royal Society of Arts. Upon graduating from Liverpool College, Tallis gained an Open Scholarship to Keble…
Max Tegmark
Max Tegmark is Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds a BS in Physics and a BA in Economics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. He also earned a MA and PhD in physics from University of California, Berkeley. Tegmark later returned to Europe and accepted an appointment as a…
Frank Tipler
Frank Jennings Tipler is a mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University. He holds a BS in Physics from MIT and a PhD from the University of Maryland. Tipler was hired in a series of postdoctoral researcher positions in physics at three universities, with…