Sonia Arrison

Sonia Arrison (born c. 1971) is an American author of books and articles relating to the impact of technology on human life, including national bestseller 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Productivity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith, a book on research into life extension.

Born in Alberta, Canada to a pharmacist mother and a chemical engineer father, Arrison studied political science at the University of British Columbia in the mid-1990s. She became interested in the political impact of the Internet, which eventually led to her becoming director of technology studies at the Pacific Research Institute, a libertarian think tank headquartered in San Francisco, in the early 2000s.

In 2000, Arrison published a column in the San Francisco Chronicle opposing San Francisco's adoption of an "open access" policy for cable operators. She also criticized San Francisco's 2006 decision to provide free wireless telecommunications access throughout the city, writing that "[a] city administration that cannot fix our streets, run an effective public transport system, address the tragedy of the homeless and reduce taxes has no business monopolizing the Internet." In 2007, Arrison described the transparency in pledge and donation amounts to be an important open-source element of moneybomb success, stating that "[t]hose revelations stand in direct contrast to traditional campaigns, which tend to be silent and proprietary about who is donating." Arrison was also Chairman of the Board of Governors of Lead21, through which she met her husband, Aydin Senkut, who was "one of Google's first employees".

Arrison was an Associate Founder of Singularity University. In a 2010 New York Times interview, she described her motivation for writing 100 Plus, which was then a work in progress, and which was described along with Singularity University as "her attempts to ready people for the inevitable". "One day we will wake up and say, 'Wow, we can regenerate a new liver'", Ms. Arrison says. "It will happen so fast, and the role of Singularity University is to prepare people in advance".100 Plus "outlines changes that people can expect as life expectancies increase, like 20-year marriages with sunset clauses".

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