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Bryan Walsh

Bryan Walsh

Senior Editorial Director, Future Perfect, Climate, Unexplainable and The Gray Area

    Latest articles by Bryan Walsh

    Future Perfect
    New York’s long and winding road to congestion pricingNew York’s long and winding road to congestion pricing
    Future Perfect

    A plan starting in the spring will toll cars driving downtown. It’s a great idea — so why did it take so long?

    By Bryan Walsh
    2023’s big summer movie season, explained
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is somehow the best animal rights movie of the yearGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is somehow the best animal rights movie of the year
    2023’s big summer movie season, explained

    You will cry at Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    Will having the world’s biggest population make this the “Indian Century”?Will having the world’s biggest population make this the “Indian Century”?
    Future Perfect

    Why numbers can only go so far for the world’s new most populous nation.

    By Bryan Walsh
    The 100-year-old mistake that’s reshaping the American West
    The Highlight

    What happens if the Colorado River keeps drying up?

    By Brian Resnick, Adam Clark Estes and 2 more
    Are 8 billion people too many — or too few?
    The Highlight

    Welcome to the population paradox of the 21st century.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    Why we should run elite college admissions like a lotteryWhy we should run elite college admissions like a lottery
    Future Perfect

    The case for leaving some top college applications to chance.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    How the relentless drive for optimization made baseball impossible to watchHow the relentless drive for optimization made baseball impossible to watch
    Future Perfect

    The unlikely similarity between modern baseball and the AI boom.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    Inside the Italian villa that launched some of the world’s great philanthropic programsInside the Italian villa that launched some of the world’s great philanthropic programs
    Future Perfect

    For more than 60 years, the Rockefeller Foundation has hosted scientists, academics, and artists for a unique summer program.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Against doomerism
    The Highlight

    It’s boom times for doom times but there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic that the future will be better — if we make it so.

    By Bryan Walsh
    The doomers are wrong about humanity’s future — and its past
    The Highlight

    The necessity of progress.

    By Bryan Walsh