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What will it mean to be human in the era of AI?
From the Masters of Scale Summit 2025.
Creating a future that doesn't suck.
Writer, host, and speaker exploring how we live well with technology, with each other, and with the planet.
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I was raised by a coder who loved the people and this planet. I was warning about biased algorithms in 2016. Most people showed up to this conversation in 2023. I've built with technology and called it out, interviewed a president, hiked with strangers on PBS, and made "citizen" a verb. I've been welcomed by organizers, brands, business people, and Indigenous communities. And I make you laugh about all of it. Whatever room I'm in, I'm making one argument: we belong to each other, and to this place. Come make it with me.
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The talks
Four talks, one through-line. Each goes deeper on the Speaking page.
Technology and AI
Life With Machines: AI, Power, and the Future We Actually Want
Who decides what AI does, who profits, and who never got asked.
The signature talk
From Me to We, A Story of Interdependence
The story underneath the crises, and where it points next.
Democracy and citizenship
How To Citizen at 250
A third option beyond fireworks and despair, for America at 250.
Nature and climate
How To Citizen With Nature
Nature as common ground in a divided nation.
Watch him in action
Three minutes and thirty-nine seconds on what it will mean to be human in the era of AI. More talks live under Speaking.
Life With Machines won the 2026 People's Voice Webby Award for Best Creative Use of AI and Tech.
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