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Bryan Walsh

Bryan Walsh

Editorial Director, Tech, Climate, Future Perfect, and World

Bryan Walsh is an editorial director at Vox overseeing the tech, climate, and world teams, as well as the editor of Vox’s Future Perfect section, which covers the policies, people, and forces that could make the future a better place for everyone. He is the author of the 2019 book End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World, which is about existential risks like AI, pandemics, and nuclear war, and isn’t really all that brief.

He worked at Time magazine for 15 years as a foreign correspondent in Hong Kong and Tokyo, an environment writer, and as international editor, and was the future correspondent at Axios. When not editing, he writes on population trends, the best ways to achieve scientific and material progress, climate change, artificial intelligence, and, very occasionally, children’s television. He can be reached via email at bryan.walsh@vox.com and on Twitter at @bryanrwalsh.

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Latest articles by Bryan Walsh

The self-inflicted death of American science has already begunThe self-inflicted death of American science has already begun
Future Perfect

Trump’s crackdown on foreign students and scientists will do irreparable harm to the country.

By Bryan Walsh
Could an inexpensive vaccine help stave off dementia?Could an inexpensive vaccine help stave off dementia?
Future Perfect

Dementia has long resisted treatment. But one answer could be surprisingly simple.

By Bryan Walsh
The best reason to be hopeful about the world, in one chartThe best reason to be hopeful about the world, in one chart
Future Perfect

Fewer children are dying than ever — but we can’t let progress stop.

By Bryan Walsh
Zero-sum politics is destroying America. We can build a way out.Zero-sum politics is destroying America. We can build a way out.
Future Perfect

The bipartisan case for abundance, briefly explained.

By Bryan Walsh
The AI revolution is here. Can we build a Good Robot?The AI revolution is here. Can we build a Good Robot?
Podcast
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

The battle over artificial intelligence is just beginning.

By Bryan Walsh
The Covid pandemic was catastrophic. But don’t overlook what went right.The Covid pandemic was catastrophic. But don’t overlook what went right.
Future Perfect

From mRNA vaccines to remote work, the technologies that blunted the worst of the pandemic.

By Bryan Walsh
Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.
Future Perfect

How a new asteroid showed Earth’s planetary defense system at work.

By Bryan Walsh
We’re all drawn to bad news. Here’s how to fight it.We’re all drawn to bad news. Here’s how to fight it.
Future Perfect

Relentless negativity won’t build a better world.

By Bryan Walsh
What’s behind Trump’s colonial dreams?What’s behind Trump’s colonial dreams?
Politics

What Trump wants in Gaza and elsewhere is recolonization.

By Bryan Walsh
The Doomsday Clock is running out of timeThe Doomsday Clock is running out of time
Future Perfect

Are we really 89 seconds away from annihilation?

By Bryan Walsh