Adam Dorr is an environmental scientist and technology theorist who directs the research team at RethinkX, a nonprofit independent research organization focused on understanding disruptive new technologies. His nonfiction book "Brighter: Optimism, Progress, and the Future of Environmentalism" explores the environmental implications of clean technologies like solar power, electric vehicles, precision fermentation, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Adam regularly presents RethinkX's work on stage, radio, podcasts, and television and has nearly two decades of teaching, lecturing, and public speaking experience. He completed his MS at the University of Michigan and his PhD at UCLA, and is passionate about ecological sustainability, as well as physical and intellectual disability.