Canton is the director of the Institute for Global Futures in San Francisco.
[1][2] In 2003 Canton was appointed as an advisor to the National Science and Technology Council on nanoscience, nanoengineering and nanotechnology.
[3] He also previously served on the advisory board of MIT's Media Lab Europe,[4] and was the founding Co-Chairman of the Futures and Forecasting Track for Singularity University.
[6] Canton produced the film series The Time Travelers.
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