Author of multiple books, National Geographic Explorer, Ex-CNN Bureau Chief, vagabond traveling the world right now ... more at https://xitter.cf/t.co/VuMvOV4AnD
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1/ The famous "March of Progress" evolution graphic is completely wrong. 🧵
75,000 years ago, Earth was home to at least 6 DIFFERENT species of humans—from 3.5-ft "Hobbits" to 6'5" Denisovan giants.
And most of us still carry their DNA today. 👇#HumanEvolution #Denisovans
2/ I break it down the real, chaotic family tree of humanity in a quick short read: Lost Humans.
🎁 No email required. No sign-up. Just free science storytelling.
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Creel looked as though it had wandered out of an old western. I half expected Wyatt Earp to step from one of the doorways, adjusting a six-shooter and searching for the nearest saloon. I wanted to ask a hundred questions. Full story in my Field Notes: chipwalter.com/newsletter.
Field Notes are where I share the stories that don’t fit anywhere else—unpublished writing, research conversations, travel notes, and behind-the-scenes work from my non-fiction, novels and films. If you’d like to receive those, you can subscribe at chipwalter.com/newsletter
New look, same big questions. 🧬✨ I’ve refreshed the covers for Last Ape Standing and Immortality, Inc. Same deep dive into where humanity came from, and where science is taking us next. Check out the new designs.
Cities introduce themselves through monuments. But they confess themselves through food. Along Istanbul's Golden Horn, Cyndy and I tried the famous fish sandwiches—just fish, bread, onion, and lettuce. Pure urban confession. Full story in my Field Notes: chipwalter.com/newsletter.
Why did Homo sapiens survive while 26 other human species went extinct? And is AI next to replace us? On #FailCraft podcast we discuss human survival, Silicon Valley’s quest to cure aging, 122K miles of slow travel, and our edge over machines. tinyurl.com/5xacbx35 #futureofAI.
Feeling the heat this summer? Take 15 seconds to ride #Antarctica’s Brash Ice, broken shards of glaciers formed long before civilizations existed floating in the Southern Ocean only a few feet from our Zodiac. It makes me feel calmer, cooler. I hope the same is true for you.
The Pyrenees were on fire. Our train stopped. The conductor shrugged. We ended up having dinner in Salvador Dalí's hometown, at the restaurant where he used to eat. Day 568 of never flying by jet. bit.ly/4cDF8c0
I knew what my next novel was about, at least when I started. A murder. Alaska. Ice. Isolation. A killer in plain sight. All of that remains. But something tugs at me that doesn’t fit neatly into the crime frame. Cowardice. Details at bit.ly/4cDF8c0 #WIP #thriller
I tried using AI to adapt my sci-fi novel Doppelgänger into a graphic novel.
The irony? I was using the story's main villain to draw the pictures.
Here’s what happened when the machine started hallucinating 👇 #GraphicNovels #SciFiBooks
🤖 Made with AI
The biggest lesson? AI doesn't automate creativity. It actually demands more human direction, precision, and world-building depth to keep it on the rails.
Want to see how the experiment turned out. See where the AI went off the deep end, but also some very cool graphics.
Grab the free PDF break-down and behind-the-scenes look here: dl.bookfunnel.com/sbq7jmxw14 🧵👇
AI isn’t just disrupting the job market—it has a monstrous physical appetite.⚡️
NY just paused new hyperscale data centers for a year to slow this uncontrolled growth. bit.ly/4vrRkUN
The future in my novel DOPPELGÄNGER is looking less fictional by the day. #SciFi #AI
