Canadian futurist and science writer, George Dvorsky has written and spoken extensively about the impacts of cutting-edge science and technology, particularly as they pertain to the improvement of human performance and experience. George is a senior staff reporter at Gizmodo where he writes about the space industry, astronomy, archaeology, anthropology, and many other science topics. A founding member of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, he is Chair of the Board and program director of its Rights of Non-Human Persons program.