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Neal Stephenson is the Chairman at LAMINA1 Ecosystem Fund. He is a visionary, author, and polymath. Previously Chief Futurist at Magic Leap. First employee at Blue Origin. Known for his works of speculative fiction, Stephenson has written on topics ranging from science fiction to technology to mathematics to philosophy over the last five decades. Stephenson would achieve his breakout moment with Snow Crash, a cyberpunk novel most known for creating and coining the term.