Ari Wallach

Futurist

Ari Wallach is an applied futurist and Executive Director of Longpath Labs. He is the author of Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs by HarperCollins and the creator and host of the forthcoming series on PBS A Brief History of the Future, which is being executive produced by Kathryn Murdoch and Drake.

He has been a strategy and foresight advisor to Fortune 100 companies, the US Department of State, the Ford Foundation, the UN Refugee Agency, the RacialEquity 2030 Challenge and Politico’s Long Game Forum.

As adjunct associate professor at Columbia University he lectured on innovation, AI, and the future of public policy. Wallach's TED talk on Longpath has been viewed 2.6 million times and translated into 21 languages. Ari was the co-creator of 2008's pro-Obama The Great Schlep with Sarah Silverman.

He has been featured in the New York Times, CNN, CNBC, Vox, and more. He lives in the lower Hudson Valley with his wife, three children and wonderdog Ozzie. More at Longpath.org and @ariw.

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Debunking doomerism: 4 futurists on why we’re actually not f*cked

Four visionaries—Kevin Kelly, Peter Schwartz, Ari Wallach, and Tyler Cowen—share their insights on the future, urging viewers to consider the impact of their actions on future generations.

Should you bring a kid into this world?

Climate change. War. Civil unrest. Is it responsible to have kids today?

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The Well

A futurist sets the stage for the next 1,000 years

We don’t need one Elon Musk. We need 8 billion empathic futurists.

How to make space for “longpath” thinking

Short-term thinkers take shortcuts. Take the long path instead, explains futurist Ari Wallach.

Why your brain thinks you’re Matt Damon

Futurist Ari Wallach shares how to become future-conscious.

Progress

A guide to surviving humanity’s tipping point

Futurist Ari Wallach asks, "how do we want to be remembered?"

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Why is it so hard to escape short-term thinking? Biology and technology

Short-termism is both rooted in our most primal instincts and encouraged by runaway technological development. How can we fight it?

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