Justin Pickard

is a writer, researcher, and self-described ‘gonzo futurist‘. With an academic background in new media and the social sciences, he has made it his mission to grok the emerging contours of the 21st century.

Elevator biography:

• Born, late 1980s, in the chalk hills of London’s commuter belt
• 11 GCSEs taken at a ‘bog-standard‘ comp at the height of New Labour
• 4 A-levels at a sixth-form college founded by secretive haberdashers
• BA (Hons.) in International Relations & Anthropology from Sussex (2005-2008)
• ‘GM‘ on the Institute for the Future‘s forecasting game, Superstruct (Sept 2008)
• Editorial intern at Wired UK (Jan 2009)
• MA in Digital Media from Goldsmiths, University of London (2009-2010)
• Associate at multidisciplinary design company Superflux (Feb 2011-)

For a grab bag of photos, videos, and recommended readings, have a look at Justin’s profile on Google+. For low-latency updates and spooky co-presence, consider following him on Twitter.