The Future Wunderkammer

The Berggruen Institute's mission is to ask fundamental questions about the great transformations of our time. Over the last decade, the Institute has developed new institutional and policy arrangements suitable for governing our rapidly changing world. We do not begin with established answers, but rather by engaging in the most basic task of philosophy: asking questions.

Future Humans is an interdisciplinary initiative at the Berggruen Institute that investigates how emerging technologies, ecological transformation, and speculative thought are reshaping the conditions of life, identity, and planetary futures. The program explores the question: What will life become? Through collaborations across science, art, and philosophy, Future Humans examines how AI, synthetic biologies, and cosmic exploration are redefining categories of the human, the more-than-human, and the unknown.

Future Humans thanks Mr. Nicolas Berggruen and the Berggruen Institute Leadership Team for their generous support of this project.

Berggruen Institute Leadership

Nicolas Berggruen
Chairman and Founder

Nathan Gardels
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Noema Magazine

Nathan Gardels
Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief, Noema Magazine

Dawn Nakagawa
President

Dr. Nils Gilman
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President

Bing Song
Senior Vice President and Director, China Center

Lorenzo Marsili
Director, Berggruen Institute Europe

Future Wunderkammer Team

Claire Isabel Webb, Creator & Editor
Director, Future Humans at the Berggruen Institute

Adrianne Toomey, Program Lead
Senior Program Manager, Future Humans

Liv Foss, Program Coordination & Support
Senior Program Coordinator, Future Humans

Theo Detweler, Editorial Support
Research & Editorial, Future Humans

Public/Offical, Design & Art Direction

Two-Eyed People, Development

Former Team Member: Ulysses Yarber, Program Coordinator (2022–2024)

Contibutors

Future Wunderkammer is made possible by a wide community of thinkers, creators, and collaborators.
Visit each relic page to explore individual contributions and learn more about the artists, scientists, and philosophers involved.

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