Gary Wolf | |
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.jpg')) Gary Wolf in 2011 | |
| Born | 1961 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Reed College (BA) UC Berkeley (MA) |
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| 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 America's Wired magazine, and co-founder of the Quantified Self.[1] Wolf earned a BA from Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, and an MA from UC Berkeley.
He 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 term New Atheism in 2006 to describe the positions promoted by some atheists of the twenty-first 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]
Wolf's parents are noted epilepsy researcher and professor Harold Wolf and professor of education Joan Silverman Wolf.
Books
- Aether Madness: An Offbeat Guide to the Online World, with Michael Stein (Peachpit Press, 1995)[13]
- Dumb Money: Adventures of a Day Trader, with Joey Anuff (Random House, 2000)[14]
- Wired – A Romance (Random House, 2003)[15]
References
- ^ a b Singer, Emily. "The Measured Life". MIT. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (2010-04-28). "The Data-Driven Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (2006-05-07). "Magic Mushrooms". The New York Times.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (2011-05-11). "Gold Mania in the Yukon (Published 2011)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (1995-06-01). "The Curse of Xanadu". Wired. San Francisco.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (1998-09-01). "The World According to Woz". Wired. San Francisco.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (2008-03-24). "Ray Kurzweil Pulls Out All the Stops (and Pills) to Survive to the Singularity". Wired. San Francisco.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (1996-02-01). "Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing". Wired. San Francisco.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (2003-12-01). "The Great Library of Amazonia". Wired. San Francisco.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (2006-11-01). "The Church of the Non-Believers". Wired. San Francisco.
- ^ Wolf, Gary. "Quantified Self". Gary Wolf. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
- ^ Wolf, Gary. "The quantified self". TED (conference). Retrieved 2012-03-26.
- ^ Wolf, Gary; Stein, Michael (1995). Aether Madness: An Offbeat Guide to the Online World. Peachpit Press. ISBN 978-1-56609-020-9.
- ^ Wolf, Gary; Anuff, Joey (2000-04-18). Dumb Money: Adventures of a Day Trader. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-375-50467-9.
- ^ Wolf, Gary (2003-07-08). Wired-A Romance. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-58836-304-6.
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