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Alex Lightman is the Executive Director of Humanity+ (formerly the World Transhumanist Association), author of over 800,000 words mainly about science, technology, science fiction, and the future including Brave New Unwired World: The Digital Big Bang and the Infinite Internet. He is a graduate of MIT and attended graduate school at MIT and Harvard. He completed Army Airborne paratrooper training, Navy Cold Weather Survival School, and over 25 road races including six marathons in the last 18 months. He got support from 40 countries for his government policy recommendations for IPv6.
From WIKYPEDIA
Alex Lightman is an author, entrepreneur, and futurist, who has made significant contributions to the adoption of IPv6, served as CTO of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization, and has authored several books on technology and society.
He is a Civil Engineering graduate of MIT (’83) and attended graduate school at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he studied negotiation with Jim Sebenius at the time he was advising the then-start up Blackstone Group, and comparative analysis of public policy in developing countries. Lightman's thesis at Harvard, "The US vs. UN: Cases for Space Authority", argued that the United Nations is unable to enforce decent standards and thus the United States government should develop and maintain hegemony in outer space.[1]
Alex Lightman was elected Executive Director of Humanity+ in 2009, and writes extensively for h+ magazine[2].
Futurism
Lightman is interested in using the oceans and space as the common heritage of humanity and in civilization-level advancements. Lightman spoke to United Nations delegates on the subject of Space Solar Power (for the developing world) at the UNISPACE III conference. He has served on the boards of directors or trustees for space law and space development organizations.[citation needed] He has published and spoken about the case for US trusteeship of the moon and space, and debated future issues before large live audiences, such as "who owns Mars" with both the founder of the Mars Society and a United Nations spokesperson
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