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Jason Crawford is the founder of The Roots of Progress, where he writes and speaks about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress. He is also the creator[…]
Eli Dourado is the Chief Economist at the Abundance Institute. He was previously a senior research fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity (CGO) at Utah State University. He[…]
Saloni Dattani is a science writer and a researcher on health for Our World in Data, a website that makes data and research on big topics accessible to the world.[…]
Peter Leyden has spent his career figuring out the future and helping others anticipate what’s coming next. He’s a thought leader on new technologies and future trends, giving keynotes through[…]
Geoffrey L. Cohen is professor of psychology and the James G. March Professor of Organizational Studies in Education and Business at Stanford University. He lives in Palo Alto, California.
Bob Stanley has worked as a music journalist, a DJ, and a record label owner and is the cofounder and keyboard player for the band Saint Etienne. He lives in[…]
Dr. Sean Carroll is Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy — in effect, a joint appointment between physics and philosophy — at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and fractal faculty at[…]
Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, author of the book Build For Tomorrow, host of the podcasts Build For Tomorrow and Problem Solvers, a keynote speaker,[…]
Bryan Appleyard was educated at King's College, Cambridge. He was Financial News Editor and Deputy Arts Editor at The Times of London and has subsequently written for the New York[…]
Anna Butrico is Chief of Staff of Odgers Berndtson U.S. Anna supports the OBUS leadership team in driving the firm’s growth strategy. Prior to joining Odgers, Anna was a senior[…]
William MacAskill is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Priorities Institute. He is the author of the 2022 book What We[…]
Dr. Sara Konrath is a social psychologist who directs the Interdisciplinary Program on Empathy and Altruism Research (iPEARlab.org) at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Her research explores[…]
Ed Yong is a Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer on the staff of The Atlantic, where he also won the George Polk Award for science reporting, among other honors. His first[…]
Sofia Quaglia is a freelance science writer. Her work has appeared in BBC, National Geographic, and Wired, among other outlets. Follow her on Twitter @SofiQuaglia
Matthew Ball is the CEO of Epyllion, a diversified holding company which makes angel investments, provides advisory services, and produces television, films, and video games. Matthew is also a Venture[…]
Dr Joseph Jebelli is a neuroscientist and a writer. He received a PhD in neuroscience from University College London for his work on the cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases, then[…]
Byron strives to help business leaders understand the implications of emerging technologies and their impacts on business and society. In Byron’s most recent book, “Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think,”[…]
Daniel Lieberman is Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences and a professor of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He received degrees from Harvard and[…]
Ruane is the author of Essentials of Research Methods (Blackwell) and has contributed articles to several journals, including Sociological Inquiry, Law and Policy, Communication Research, Sociological Focus, Journal of Applied[…]
Professor of Sociology, teaches courses in culture, media, social interaction, social deviance, and statistics. She has authored several books and articles in the areas of culture and cognition, symbol systems[…]
Ari Wallach is an applied futurist and Executive Director of Longpath Labs. He is the author of Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs by HarperCollins and the creator[…]
Professor David Sloss is an internationally renowned scholar who has published two books and numerous law review articles addressing the application of international law in domestic courts. His scholarship in[…]
Justin Gregg is science writer and author of the upcoming book If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity, as well as the books Are Dolphins[…]
Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. Mr. Stone joined the faculty in 1973, after serving as a law clerk to[…]
Lee C. Bollinger became Columbia University’s 19th president in 2002 and is the longest serving Ivy League president. President Bollinger is Columbia’s first Seth Low Professor of the University, a member[…]
Cameron English is Director of Bio-Sciences at the American Council on Science and Health. He is a writer, editor, and co-host of the Science Facts and Fallacies Podcast. Before joining[…]
Dr. Lee Cronin was born in the UK and was fascinated with science and technology from an early age getting his first computer and chemistry set when he was eight[…]
Robert Curbeam is a former astronaut and naval officer, and a graduate of the US Navy Test Pilot School and Topgun. He has flown in space 3 times, logging over[…]
Dr. Karl Gruber is a biologist and science writer with 15 years of experience as an academic researcher. Dr. Gruber has published over 500 articles, many featured in outlets such[…]