Welcome to a new episode of the Ian Khan Show. In this special “After Shock” series, I am interviewing with one of the world’s Top 50 futurists.
This week I am speaking to Rebecca D Costa.
Rebecca D. Costa is an American sociobiologist and futurist. She is the preeminent global expert on the subject of “fast adaptation” and recipient of the prestigious Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Award. Her career spans four decades of working with founders, executives and leading venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.
Costa’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, The Guardian, and other leading publications. She presently serves on the Advisory Committee for the Lifeboat Foundation along with futurist Ray Kurzweil and Nobel Laureates Daniel Kahneman, Eric S. Maskin, Richard J. Roberts and Wole Soyinka. Costa was the founder and CEO of one of the largest technology marketing firms in California, where she developed an extensive track record of launching game-changing technologies. Her clients included industry innovators such as Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, Oracle, Siebel Systems, General Electric, 3M and others. She has been on the forefront of technological and scientific innovation, assisting venture capitalists and large corporations to identify, fund and launch disruptive new trends. Retiring at the zenith of her career in Silicon Valley, Costa spent six years researching and writing the international bestseller The Watchman’s Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse. Her follow-on book, titled On the Verge was introduced in 2017 to critical acclaim, shooting to the top of Amazon’s #1 New Business Releases. The success of The Watchman’s Rattle led to a popular weekly news program called The Costa Report which was syndicated throughout the United States by the Genesis Communications Network until 2018. Owing to global pressures to respond more rapidly and efficiently to the accelerating pace of change, Costa is a popular international speaker. She brings both an evolutionary biologist and technologist’s perspective to the subject of adaptation. Costa is currently represented by the American Program Bureau and the Scott Meredith Literary Agency. A global thinker in the mold of Alvin Toffler, Jared Diamond, Ray Kurzweil and Thomas Friedman, Costa attributes her ability to see the “big picture” to her cross-cultural education and upbringing. Raised in Tokyo, Japan, and Vientiane, Laos, during the Vietnam conflict, Costa brings a unique perspective to the everyday challenges of work and life. Rebecca Costa is an alumnus of the University of California at Santa Barbara and currently resides in Astoria, Oregon. #rebeccacosta #futureshock #abundantworldinstitute @AfterShock2020 #futureshockat50 About After Shock The world’s foremost futurists reflect on 50 years of Future Shock—and look ahead to the next 50 Contributors include: Alan Kay Aaron Frank Adrienne Mayor Alexander Mankowsky Alexandra Ivanovitch Alisha Bhagat Amy Zalman Anders Sorman-Nilsson Andra Keay Andrew Curry Andy Hines Anita Sengupta Anne Lise Kjaer Aris Persidis Aubrey de Grey Barry O’Reilly Barry Vacker Bill Davidow Bill Diamond Bryan Alexander Byron Reese Carlos Osorio Carver Mead Cat Tully Cindy Frewen Clem Bezold Daniel Burrus Daniel Levine David Brin David Guston David Krakauer David J. Staley David Weinberger Deb Westphal Diane M. Francis Donna Dupont Eleanor “Nell” Watson Eric Daimler Erica Bol Erik Qualman Fotis Sotiropoulos George Gilder Grady Booch Gray Scott Hannes Sjoblad Harish Natarajan Hazel Henderson Helen Messier Ian Khan Ignacio Pena Jack Uldrich James Canton Jane McGonigal Jason Jackson Jason Schenker Jay Gambetta Jeff Eisenach Jeffrey C. Bauer Jerome Glenn Jerry Fishenden Joe Dispenza Joe Tankersley Joel Garreau John L. Petersen John M. Smart John Sack John Sanei John Schroeter Jonathan Venn José Morey Kaitlyn Sadtle...