Brian Merchant

Brian Merchant is the technology columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the author of the national bestseller The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone . He's the co-founder of Terraform, Vice's science fiction outlet, and the founder of Gizmodo's Automaton project examining AI and the future of work. His writing has appeared in the New York Times , Wired , The Atlantic , Harper's Magazine , Fast Company , and beyond. He lives in Los Angeles.

Brian Merchant is the technology columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the author of the national bestseller The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone . He's the co-founder of Terraform, Vice's science fiction outlet, and the founder of Gizmodo's Automaton project examining AI and the future of work. His writing has appeared in the New York Times , Wired , The Atlantic , Harper's Magazine , Fast Company , and beyond. He lives in Los Angeles. See less