# About this book



From "Field Notes from a Centaur" by Michell Zappa. Canonical: https://www.michellzappa.com/field-notes/about
Cite as: Michell Zappa, "About this book", Field Notes from a Centaur, https://www.michellzappa.com/field-notes/about

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## About the author

I'm a technology futurist and information designer, Swedish-Brazilian and based in Amsterdam. In 2010 I founded Envisioning, a research institute that maps which technologies matter. We have done more than 200 projects for governments, NGOs and companies, and my technology maps have appeared in Wired, Fast Company and a Taschen book.

I'm not a programmer, but since coding agents arrived I build software anyway. In 2026 that became two companies of their own, Starlings and Bipe, and a handful of open-source tools like Headroom. I also teach people who don't code to do the same.

I write the weekly Artificial Insights newsletter on our transition to AGI, and I give talks about it.

## Copyright

© Michell Zappa. All rights reserved.

Published by Michell Zappa, Amsterdam. First edition.

ISBN to come.

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