Stewart Brand (born December 14, 1938 in Rockford, Illinois) is an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He founded a number of organizations, including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation. He is the author of several books, most recently Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto.
Read more about Stewart Brand: Life, American Indians, Merry Pranksters, NASA Image of Earth, Douglas Engelbart, Whole Earth Catalog, CoEvolution Quarterly, California Government, The WELL, Global Business Network, Whole Earth Discipline, The Long Now Foundation, Aphorisms, Works
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