Walter Isaacson

Isaacson, a former editor of TIME and a professor at Tulane University, is the author of The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, to be published in March. After the Pfizer vaccine was approved, he opted to remain in the clinical trial and has not yet been “unblinded.”

How America Risks Losing Its Innovation Edge

A version of this piece appears in a book published this month by the Aspen...
A version of this piece appears in a book published this month by the Aspen Strategy Group titled “Technology and National Security.” For the past fifty years, the rational exuberance of the American economy has...

How America Loses Its Edge

For the past 50 years, the rational exuberance of the American economy has ...
For the past 50 years, the rational exuberance of the American economy has been propelled by the combination of three innovations: the computer, the microchip and the Internet. The research and development that produced each...