About “The Future of Being Human”

The Future of Being Human is a Substack written by Andrew Maynard, professor of Advanced Technology Transitions at Arizona State University and author of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow.


Welcome to The Future of being Human Substack!

If you haven’t yet subscribed and are interested in regular updates on what I’m thinking about, tracking, and exploring as part of my work, please click the link above — it’s free, and will help allay my fears that I’m just shouting into the void 🙂

It’s also just one of the things coming out of Arizona State University’s Future of Being Human initiative, which you might want to check out as well!

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Andrew


A little more about me

By way of background, I’m a scientist, author, professor of advanced technology transitions at Arizona State University, and founder of ASU’s Future of Being Human initiative. Amongst many other things I’m interested in the future and how our actions influence it.

Along with a bunch of other stuff (you can read about the academic side of my life here), I’m the author of the books Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow.

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Reflections on transformative technologies, society, and the future. By Andrew Maynard, Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions at Arizona State University. Please subscribe for regular updates.

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Undisciplined academic focused on creating a better future in a technologically complex world. Prof of Advanced Technology Transitions, Founder of the ASU Future of Being Human initiative, author of a couple of books, and a lot more!
Student in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. Leveraging disruptive markets, emerging technologies, and responsible innovation.
Sean Dudley has served at Arizona State University, the largest university in the U.S., for over twenty years, and as Chief Research Information Officer, he also teaches and conducts research while leading the Research Technology Office.