is a distinguished consulting faculty of Saybrook University and a research associate of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory of the Laboratories for Fundamental Research. He is a columnist for the journal Explore, and editor of the daily web publication Schwartzreport.net, covering trends affecting the future. For 40 years, he has studied the nature of consciousness, particularly that aspect independent of space and time. He is the author of many reports and articles, and his latest book is The 8 Laws of Change.