Form Bio: The Operating System for Science
Ben Lamm (left) and George Church (right) pose in front of a woolly mammoth. By Futurist Thomas Frey When Colossal Biosciences launched in 2021, one of the first things Ben Lamm did was sit down with his team and map out all the software they would need to actually do...
Colossal Biosciences: The Moonshot That Became a Business
Ben Lamm (right) co-founded Colossal Biosciences with Harvard geneticist George Church (center) in 2021 By Futurist Thomas Frey In April 2025, three wolf pups were born that shouldn’t exist. Their names were Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi. They were healthy, they...
80 Years to an Overnight Success: The Real History of Artificial Intelligence
By Futurist Thomas Frey From a shirtless philosopher in 1943 to ChatGPT — the people, the breakthroughs, the winters, and the single idea that refused to die The Man Without a Shirt In January 2026, Marc Andreessen sat down for an 81-minute podcast conversation on the...
Ten Years Ago I Made 72 Predictions About 2026. Here’s the Honest Report Card — and What 2036 Actually Looks Like
By Futurist Thomas Frey A decade-old list, graded in real time — plus the next ten years Back in August 2016, I sat down and published a piece called “72 Stunning Things in the Future That Will Be Common Ten Years from Now That Don’t Exist Today.” I...