David Epstein

David Epstein (FAN ’16, ’20) is a science writer and author of the New York Times bestsellers Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, and The Sports Gene. He was previously an investigative reporter at ProPublica, and prior to that a senior writer at Sports Illustrated. His two TED Talks on human development and performance have been viewed 12 million times.

Epstein’s forthcoming book, Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better, will be published in May 2026.