Stephen Petranek

Stephen Petranek is a writer, technologist, and editor-in-chief of Breakthrough Technology Alert, a newsletter linking scientific breakthroughs to investment opportunities. He gained fame with his TED Talk '10 Ways the World Could End,' which amassed 1.5 million views, and is the author of the TED Book 'How We'll Live on Mars,' predicting a human city of 80,000 on Mars within a century. With over 40 years in publishing, he has edited prestigious magazines like The Miami Herald's Tropic and contributed to Life magazine.