About the Author

Future Boy was gene-spliced in 2073 in the AlphaGenius birthing farms near Olympus City, Mars. However, an accident involving an experimental temporal displacement laser in the laboratory next door sent his embryo spinning through time and space, exactly one century back and one planet to the left. Growing up in the distinctly un-futuristic north of England in the latter 20th century, he began to plot a course back to the future. This involved getting a thorough grounding in history at the UK's finest university, because you can't know where you're going until you understand where you came from. A year after graduating he came to America, land of many possible futures, and studied journalism, a profession that aspires to tell stories about the present in the hopes of influencing the future. A lengthy apprenticeship at Time followed, first as senior writer for Time.com during the rose-tinted Lewinsky years, then as a technology writer-reporter for the magazine as the first great dotcom bubble reached its height. In the year 2000 he made the leap to San Francisco, a city that lives five minutes in the future, and introduced Time readers to such curious concepts as Google, Netflix, and the iPod.  Five years later he was finally ready to reveal his true self and was hired by Business 2.0 as "Future Editor," tasked with bringing more long-term vision to the magazine. He currently edits the What's Next section, writes a bi-weekly "Future Boy" column, and aspires to become the first journalist on Mars by 2033.

Comments

[BURNcast]

Tell me, oh FutureBoy. What is the Hope...the Fear...(oh...I am loathe to ask...but...)...look into your crystal ball and tell me: was John Law right?

[Brent Reyes]

I think that your should add some type of sustainability category where people can discuss sustainability of the future.