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Bryan Walsh

Bryan Walsh

Senior Editorial Director, Future Perfect, Climate, Unexplainable and The Gray Area

    Latest articles by Bryan Walsh

    22 predictions we made in 2022, and the 6 we got wrong
    Future Perfect

    Plus a couple that are halfway in between.

    By Bryan Walsh, Dylan Matthews and 2 more
    The 15 most read Future Perfect stories of 2022
    Future Perfect

    SBF and EA, animal welfare and economic growth, and why we’re running short of people.

    By Bryan Walsh
    The world to come
    The Highlight

    Earth’s population passed 8 billion this month — now what? Plus: the rise of an anti-vaccine America, the looming dangers of superintelligent AI, the shifting landscape of higher ed, and more.

    By Bryan Walsh and Elbert Ventura
    Future Perfect
    60 years ago today, this man stopped the Cuban missile crisis from going nuclear60 years ago today, this man stopped the Cuban missile crisis from going nuclear
    Future Perfect

    Why a Soviet submarine officer might be “the most important person in modern history.”

    By Bryan Walsh
    Introducing the 2022 Future Perfect 50
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    The scientists, thinkers, scholars, writers, and activists building a more perfect future.

    By Bryan Walsh
    DARPA changed technology. Now Renee Wegrzyn wants to bring the same innovation to medicine.
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    Wegrzyn is the first head of the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, which aims to generate game-changing advances in medicine.

    By Bryan Walsh
    The physicist Max Tegmark works to ensure that life has a future
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    From the return of nuclear war to the danger of AI weapons, Tegmark is tackling humanity’s greatest threats.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Pollution poisons millions. Richard Fuller and Pure Earth are doing something about it.
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    Protecting those who have been left behind by industrialization.

    By Bryan Walsh
    How can we make the world progress faster? Jason Crawford wants to know.
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    The thinker fueling the growing progress studies movement.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Setsuko Thurlow is a living reminder of the horrors of nuclear war
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    She survived the bombing of Hiroshima — and has spent her life campaigning against atomic weapons.

    By Bryan Walsh