- Paul Saffo
Paul Saffo (born in 1954 in
Los Angeles ) is a technology forecaster based in Silicon Valley. A Consulting Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, Saffo teaches courses on the future of engineering and the impact of technological change on the future. In 2008, Saffo was named Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Stanford Media X research network.He is also a board member of the
Long Now Foundation [cite web | title=Board Members - Paul Saffo | work=The Long Now Foundation | url=http://www.longnow.org/people/board/saffo.php | accessdate=2008-05-06] . He has degrees fromHarvard College ,Cambridge University , andStanford University .Saffo is frequently quoted in leading publications on issues ranging from high technology to global lifestyles. Saffo has over two decades experience exploring long term technological change and its impact on society. Since 2006, he has been on an extended sabbatical from
Institute for the Future inPalo Alto ,California where he worked for the last two decades. He left IFTF in 2008.Saffo is a columnist for ABCNews.com, and his essays have appeared in numerous publications, including "
Business 2.0 ", "Fortune", "The Harvard Business Review ", "The Los Angeles Times ", "Newsweek ", "The New York Times ", "The Washington Post " and "Wired".Saffo is the author of several books, including "
Dreams in Silicon Valley " and "The Road From Trinity ", and the introduction to "E.B. White: Notes on our Times" [cite web | title=THE TIMELESS—AND TIMELY—E. B. WHITE | work=Levenger Press | url=http://www.levenger.com/press/EBWhite.asp | accessdate=2008-05-06]Saffo was a McKinsey Judge for the "Harvard Business Review" in 1997, and was named a "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the
World Economic Forum in the same year. Saffo is Chairman of theSamsung Science Board, and serves on a variety of other boards and advisory panels, including the Stanford Advisory Council on Science, Technology and Society.In 2000, Saffo was elected Fellow of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences .Quoted at
UC Berkeley for his statement onWikipedia :"Wikipedia is a researcher's dream."References
External links
* [http://www.saffo.com/aboutps/index.php Paul Saffo, biography]
* [http://mediax.stanford.edu/index.html Media X]
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