Autor/-in: Stewart Brand

Though honored as a writer—with the National Book Award for the Whole Earth Catalog. , Eliot Montroll Award for The Media Lab. , Golden Gadfly Award for his years as editor of CoEvolution Quarterly. —Steward Brand. is primarily an inventor/designer. Trained as a biologist and army officer, he was an early multimedia artist. He has created a number of lasting institutions, including New Games Tournaments, the Hackers Conference, and The WELL, a bellwether computer conference system. He is co-founder of Global Business Network, a futurist research organization fostering "the art of the long view. "