Paul is a forecaster with over two decades experience exploring the dynamics of large-scale, long-term change. He teaches at Stanford University and is a Visiting Scholar in the Stanford Media X research network. He was the founding chairman of the Samsung Science Board and serves on a variety of not-for-profit boards including the Long Now Foundation, and the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. Paul is a columnist for ABCNews.com, and his essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Wired, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. Paul holds degrees from Harvard College, Cambridge University and Stanford University.

Affiliations

- Board Member, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
- Network Member, Global Business Network
- Board Member, Long Now Foundation
- Member, National Research Council Committee on forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies
- Board Member, The PaxGroup
- Fellow, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
- Advisor, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
- Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Stanford Media-X Research Network
- Consulting Associate Professor, Stanford University
- Faculty Member, Singularity University
- Member WEF Global Agenda Council on Innovation
- Member, WEF Global Agenda Council on Strategic Foresight

Prior Affiliations (partial list)

- Member, AT&T Labs Technical Advisory Board
- Member, Global Issues Group, World Economic Forum
- Director and Roy Amara Fellow, Institute For The Future
- Member, Singapore National Research Foundation Science Advisory Board
- YPO Fellow, Young Presidents Organization