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Writer, philosopher, technologist. Writing about family, the future, hard science. Former eBay CFO; Santa Fe Institute board. The latest novel, Journey to 2125, just won the NIEA award for Visionary Fiction, and is a Publishers Weekly Editors' Pick.

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My very enjoyable conversation with Leigh Martinuzzi and his Hidden Why podcast just dropped, find it here - www.thehiddenwhy.com/episode-1136...

23.09.2025 00:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm excited to see Journey to 2125 now on two Amazon bestseller lists - #3 in Hard Science Fiction and #2 in Political Fiction. :)

19.09.2025 05:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An interesting conversation with Andrew Keen, Keen On America - find it on Apple Podcasts and Spotify - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

12.09.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Good night ๐ŸŒ™ andโ€ฆ.

31.08.2025 04:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18393    ๐Ÿ” 2362    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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OMG! This might be the best Gavin Newsom meme, yet. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿค™๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‘‡

25.08.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 345    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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Just in - my novel, Journey to 2125 was just chosen as the WINNER in the Visionary Fiction category by NIEA. Find it here โ€“ www.amazon.com/Journey-2125.... The audiobook is out on Spotify (with TEN voice actors), and coming soon to Audible. www.indieexcellence.com/19th-annual-....

12.07.2025 03:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The audiobook for Journey to 2125 has just dropped onto Spotify, to be followed soon by Audible and the other distributors. A wonderful cast of TEN voice actors bring the novel to life. And here is a new interview about making the audiobook - audiobookconnection.podbean.com/e/interview-....

27.06.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hmmm... This Atlantic article describes how Meta has stolen millions of books for their AI - and my novel Unfettered Journey is one of them. They even copied the Japanese version.

27.06.2025 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2,000 National Guard troops will be sent to L.A. amid clashes over immigration raids An hours-long standoff between protesters and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents erupted Saturday morning near a Home Depot in Paramount.
08.06.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 203    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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A free book right now... garyfbengier.com/2125TikTok

05.05.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Don't know who did it. Vengeful birds!๐Ÿ˜

05.04.2025 23:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 142    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Perfectly captured.

03.02.2025 02:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82144    ๐Ÿ” 17294    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1452    ๐Ÿ“Œ 720
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Sadly, closer to midnight. And the two top risks are highlighted at the beginning of my novel - www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

29.01.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Obamaโ€™s inauguration -
28 degrees
Iโ€™m going to leave this here ALL day Jan. 20 โ€ฆ..๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

20.01.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46016    ๐Ÿ” 7420    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 709    ๐Ÿ“Œ 245
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AI trivia - A marketing use of AI that you likely will see more of soon - a mailer arrived for TED2025, included a photo of ME (from last year) - clearly not an accident. (From the badge photos, they can use AI to sort through footage for matches, then print the mailers with one special photo slot.)

18.01.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tammy Duckworth is just killing Hegseth.
Gets him to admit he has never done internationals security arrangements. Doesn't know what SecDef has to do on same.

She asks him to name ASEAN countries and significance of them. He names a bunch of countries that aren't part of ASEAN.

14.01.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23217    ๐Ÿ” 4584    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 709    ๐Ÿ“Œ 192
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This is making rounds. Iโ€™ll just drop it right here.

09.01.2025 04:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4775    ๐Ÿ” 1067    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 199    ๐Ÿ“Œ 75
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Kind words from the Midwest Book Review about my new novel, Journey to 2125. You can find it at www.amazon.com/Journey-2125....

09.01.2025 04:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fossil fuel companies

06.01.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13324    ๐Ÿ” 2743    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 268    ๐Ÿ“Œ 102
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5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.

Scientists and vaccine-makers broke speed records developing COVID-19 vaccines that have saved tens of millions of lives worldwide โ€“ and were the critical step to getting life back to normal. to.pbs.org/4h108do

07.01.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8326    ๐Ÿ” 1423    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 226    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52
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My podcast interview with Joe (Joseph) Raczynski, Tech Snippets Today, also just dropped on YouTube. Joe loves to explore these topics in depth. A fun discussion! tinyurl.com/mryamwrm
And find my new novel as a last-minute stocking stuffer at www.amazon.com/Journey-2125...

19.12.2024 03:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My podcast interview with Jason Hunt, Live From the Bunker, just dropped on YouTube. It was fun to debate the future of these technologies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPpk...
And find my new novel as a last-minute stocking stuffer at www.amazon.com/Journey-2125...

19.12.2024 02:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Looking for a Christmas stocking stuffer for family & friends? Journey to 2125, just released September 30th, is a Publishers Weekly Editorsโ€™ Pick. Parts family saga, political drama, and speculative fiction, itโ€™s a story about a family and our future. On Amazon now - tinyurl.com/J22125Amazon.

09.12.2024 04:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸšจBREAKING: The capital is taken.
#Syria ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ

07.12.2024 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 195    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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