Victor Tangermann

Victor Tangermann

Senior Editor

About

I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail.

I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post.

I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

Education

McGill University

Notable Works

Latest Stories

Love in the Age o...
Aug 12, 11:44 AM EDT on futurism
Looking at This Subreddit May Convince You That AI Was a Huge Mistake
Hyperion's Arc
Aug 11, 4:11 PM EDT on futurism
Scientists Design Huge Spacecraft That Could Carry 2,400 Colonists to Alpha Centauri
Hating Data
Aug 11, 1:55 PM EDT on futurism
Grok Is So Deeply Antisemitic That Showing It a Picture of Some Random Clouds in the Sky Prompts an Outrageously Offensive Answer
Selling Shovels
Aug 11, 12:52 PM EDT on futurism
Users Were So Addicted to GPT-4o That They Immediately Cajoled OpenAI Into Bringing It Back After It Got Killed
Tesla Sweatshop
Aug 11, 10:33 AM EDT on futurism
Former Cop Says He Routinely Confiscated Guns, Fentanyl and Cocaine at Tesla Factory
Marvin Gemini
Aug 10, 9:45 AM EDT on futurism
Google Puzzled as Its AI Keeps Melting Down in Despondent Self-Loathing
Intrastellar Inte...
Aug 9, 11:00 AM EDT on futurism
Congressperson Urges NASA to Send Its Jupiter Probe Chasing in Pursuit of the Weird Visitor Coming From Interstellar Space
Dream Home
Aug 9, 8:15 AM EDT on futurism
Realtors Are Using AI Images of Homes They're Selling. Comparing Them to the Real Thing Will Make You Mad as Hell
Dojo Lost Its Mojo
Aug 9, 7:30 AM EDT on futurism
Tesla Shutting Down Its AI Supercomputer As Staff Leaves in Droves to Join Competitor
Not Impressed
Aug 8, 10:05 AM EDT on futurism
GPT-5 Users Say It Seriously Sucks
Down and Out
Aug 7, 3:28 PM EDT on futurism
Elon Musk Appears to Now Be the Most Hated Person in America, According to New Research
Target Practice
Aug 7, 2:40 PM EDT on the byte
The Air Force Says It Needs to Buy Some Cybertrucks So It Can Blow Them Up With Missiles