GaryFBengier

GaryFBengier

@garyfbengier.bsky.social

Writer, philosopher, technologist. Writing about family, the future, hard science. Former eBay CFO; Santa Fe Institute board. The latest novel, Journey to 2125, has won 4 book awards (including 2025 Best Visionary Fiction and Best Science Fiction).

992 Followers 3,026 Following 23 Posts Joined Nov 2024
2 months ago
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It was nice to finish 2025 with FOUR book awards for Journey to 2125, including two first-place medals.

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3 months ago
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And let me not forget the BookLife Prize review - scored 9.75 out of 10. :)

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3 months ago
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It's been a gratifying year for Journey to 2125, with three book awards to date.

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5 months ago
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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...

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5 months ago
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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. :)

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6 months ago
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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...

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6 months ago
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Good night πŸŒ™ and….

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6 months ago
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OMG! This might be the best Gavin Newsom meme, yet. πŸ™ŒπŸ’ͺπŸ€™πŸŒŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ‘‡

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8 months ago
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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 – 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-....

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8 months ago
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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-....

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8 months ago
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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.

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9 months ago
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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.
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10 months ago
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A free book right now... garyfbengier.com/2125TikTok

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11 months ago
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Don't know who did it. Vengeful birds!😁

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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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Perfectly captured.

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1 year ago
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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...

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1 year ago
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Obama’s inauguration -
28 degrees
I’m going to leave this here ALL day Jan. 20 …..πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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1 year ago
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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.)

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1 year ago

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.

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1 year ago
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This is making rounds. I’ll just drop it right here.

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1 year ago
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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....

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1 year ago
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Fossil fuel companies

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1 year ago
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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 – and were the critical step to getting life back to normal. to.pbs.org/4h108do

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1 year ago
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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...

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1 year ago
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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...

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