Meet 25 people working to make things better

And join them live at our upcoming events series, on September 16, 23, and 30. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 09.09.20 WIRED has always honored the experts and innovators out in the world, fixing stuff, building stuff. And right now, we need them more than ever. These are the people who keep going in the face of disasters and pandemics and social upheaval. It's the 17-year-old hacker building his own coronavirus tracker. The Google AI wonk un-coding machine bias. A former IT guy helping his community thwart surveillance. These are people in and out of the spotlight—in tech, science, food, culture, politics—who have a single wish: To make things better for all of us. Today WIRED is releasing the WIRED25 list for 2020. To mark it, WIRED will be hosting a series of virtual conversations with WIRED25 honorees on September 16, 23, and 30. Speakers include Ghetto Gastro cofounders Jon Gray, Lester Walker, and Pierre Serrao; Cala chef-owner Gabriela Cámara; NextDoor CEO Sarah Friar; Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony S. Fauci; Digital Minister of Taiwan Audrey Tang; and more. Read all about the people making it better, and sign up to watch the live conversations today at events.wired.com. This story appears on the cover of our newest magazine issue, on newsstands next week. Subscribe to get it delivered to your door.   Meet This Year's WIRED25: People Who Are Making Things Better BY GRAHAM HACIA The scientists, technologists, artists, and chefs who are standing between us and species collapse.   Join Us for a Series of Virtual Conversations with the WIRED25 Hear from Dr. Anthony Fauci, Maria Ressa, Brie Larson, Audrey Tang, the Ghetto Gastro team, Van Jones, and many others at our weekly series, this September 16, 23, and 30. Register for free to catch it all.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions