Nicholas Thompson is the CEO of The Atlantic, a position he has held since 2021. He was previously the editor-in-chief of WIRED and the editor of NewYorker.com. Thompson is also a cofounder of The Atavist, a multimedia CMS that was sold to WordPress, and Speakeasy.ai, which was sold to Amplica Labs. He is a board member at ProRata.AI and The National Committee on American Foreign Policy, as well as the author of The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War. He films a daily video on tech policy for Linkedin and has roughly two million followers across social media platforms. He has long been a competitive runner; in 2021, he set the American record for men 45+ in the 50K race. His second book, The Running Ground, will be published by Random House this fall.
He writes a monthly newsletter, which currently has about 450,000 readers, about the best things he has read recently. You can sign up by entering your email address below.
Writing
Nick’s feature subjects include chaos at Facebook, running while old, and his long friendship with Stalin’s daughter.
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Speaking & Interviews
Nick has given talks about the future of technology, and how it is changing our world, in 35 states and 10 countries.
Books
Nick normally covers the future, but he also has written a book about the past: The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the
Cold War.
The most interesting thing in tech
Nick often records short videos where he discusses the most interesting story in technology that day. Follow Nick on LinkedIn to get these on your feed.