Gary Wolf | |
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Born | 1961 |
Nationality | American |
Education |
Reed College (
BA) UC Berkeley ( MA) |
Occupations | |
Employer | Wired |
Organization | Quantified Self |
Known for | Quantified Self |
Parents |
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Website | Story Archive |
Gary Wolf is an American writer, contributing editor at Wired magazine, and co-founder of the Quantified Self. [1] Wolf earned a BA from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and an MA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Wolf published for The New York Times Magazine, [2] [3] [4] and Wired. Wolf wrote several long articles for Wired magazine. Among them he wrote an article about Ted Nelson and Project Xanadu, [5] Steve Wozniak, [6] Ray Kurzweil, [7] a long interview with Steve Jobs, [8] and Amazon. [9] He coined the pejorative New Atheism in 2006 to describe the positions promoted by some atheists of the 21st century, among them Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett. [10]
In 2007, with Kevin Kelly, [11] Wolf co-founded the Quantified Self, [1] a collaboration of users and tool makers who share an interest in self-knowledge through self-tracking. In 2010, he spoke about the movement at TED. [12]
Gary Wolf | |
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Born | 1961 |
Nationality | American |
Education |
Reed College (
BA) UC Berkeley ( MA) |
Occupations | |
Employer | Wired |
Organization | Quantified Self |
Known for | Quantified Self |
Parents |
|
Website | Story Archive |
Gary Wolf is an American writer, contributing editor at Wired magazine, and co-founder of the Quantified Self. [1] Wolf earned a BA from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and an MA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Wolf published for The New York Times Magazine, [2] [3] [4] and Wired. Wolf wrote several long articles for Wired magazine. Among them he wrote an article about Ted Nelson and Project Xanadu, [5] Steve Wozniak, [6] Ray Kurzweil, [7] a long interview with Steve Jobs, [8] and Amazon. [9] He coined the pejorative New Atheism in 2006 to describe the positions promoted by some atheists of the 21st century, among them Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett. [10]
In 2007, with Kevin Kelly, [11] Wolf co-founded the Quantified Self, [1] a collaboration of users and tool makers who share an interest in self-knowledge through self-tracking. In 2010, he spoke about the movement at TED. [12]