A story that tells itself | Daniel Wilson | TEDxPortland

“I see a future with seven billion people around a campfire exploring stories that can tell themselves.” – Daniel Wilson

Daniel H. Wilson, PhD, is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as seven other books, including How to Survive a Robot Uprising, A Boy and His Bot, and Amped. Wilson is a Contributing Editor to Popular Mechanics and writes the Earth 2: Society series for DC Comics. In 2008, he hosted The Works on History. He earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. His novel Robopocalypse was purchased by DreamWorks and is currently being adapted for film by Steven Spielberg. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.


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