Forecast 2050

Why This Astronomer Thinks Aliens Are Out There | Laura Kreidberg

Laura Kreidberg believes there is life out there in the universe. An astrophysicist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, Laura

Why China Is Baffled by America’s AI Race | Yi-Ling Liu

Silicon Valley frames AI as a race against China to reach AGI. In China, almost nobody thinks that way. Journalist Yi-Ling Liu, author of The Wall Dancers and journalist

We Need Revolutionary Military Change | Ex-CIA Chief David Petraeus

General David Petraeus believes we need draconian change to prepare for the age of autonomous warfare. A retired four-star general, Gen. Petraeus commanded U.S. forces

Can AI Talk To Whales? | Project CETI Founder David Gruber

The real reason AI was given to humans is to communicate with animals, according to David Gruber. A marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer, he is the founder o

'Claude's Priest': Fr. Brendan McGuire on Shaping AI for the Common Good

Fr. Brendan McGuire believes that we still have an opportunity to align AI for the common good, though time is running out. A Silicon Valley executive turned Catholic pri

Forecast 2050 Season 2 Trailer

Forecast 2050 Season 2 has arrived with a brand new set of conversations with the thinkers, founders, and investors shaping the next 25 years. Hosted by Nebular General

Enveda's Radical Vision for the Future of Medicine | Viswa Colluru & Pablo Lubroth

Enveda Founder and CEO Viswa Colluru believes we have been looking for new medicines in the wrong places for decades. In the Season 1 finale of Forecast 2050, I sat down

Building the Next Great American City | Esmeralda CEO Devon Zuegel

Devon Zuegel believes America has been building cities wrong for decades. She grew up spending summers in Chautauqua, an intellectual community in western New York where

Rule Britannia? How the UK Wins the AI Era | Matt Clifford & Ian Hogarth

Matt Clifford and Ian Hogarth believe Europe is roughly a decade behind the United States in building the technology companies that will define the next era. But they als

Dimming the Sun to Save the World | Stardust CEO Yanai Yedvab on Solving Climate Change by 2050

Yanai Yedvab thinks we need to completely overhaul the infrastructure of humanity to avoid a climate disaster, and we can't afford to wait the 70 years it’ll take to wean

The Technologies That Will Remake Civilization by 2050 | Casey Handmer

Casey Handmer thinks we're living through the most consequential 25 years in human history, and that human civilization is just getting started. I sat down with Casey i

Space AI, Moon Resorts, and Interstellar Calamity | Starcloud CEO Philip Johnston on 2050

Starcloud Founder and CEO Philip Johnston believes data centers in space are the first step to becoming a Kardashev level civilization. I caught up with Philip at Starclo

Conflict and Diplomacy in an Era of Recklessness | Sir Malcolm Rifkind on 2050

Sir Malcolm Rifkind served as Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom from 1995 to 1997 and as Defence Secretary before that. He has sat across from Soviet ministers whil

Artificial Wombs, IVF & Robot Nannies | Noor Siddiqui on Family in 2050

Noor Siddiqui is building a future free of inherited disease. As Founder & CEO of Orchid, she has developed embryo screening technology that reads 99% of an embryo's DNA

Quantum, Superintelligence, and Reality's Ultimate Nature | Scott Aaronson on 2050

Scott Aaronson thinks that the time to prepare for a post-quantum world isn’t years away - it was yesterday. In the second episode of Forecast 2050 with Nebular General P

The surprising truth behind collapsing birthrates | Tyler Cowen on 2050

Tyler Cowen believes we are woefully unprepared for the next 25 years. In the first episode of Forecast 2050 with Nebular General Partner, Finn Murphy, we discuss the r

Introducing Forecast 2050

Forecast 2050 is a series about the next 25 years, and the builders, thinkers, and leaders shaping what lies ahead. Hosted by Nebular General Partner Finn Murphy.