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14 of the world’s best thinkers (and their best free content)
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This Week: 14 of the world’s best thinkers (and their best free content)
Ray Kurzweil
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Technology trends & futurism
• Artificial Intelligence design & development
• Transhumanism
Brené Brown
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Courage
• Vulnerability
• Shame
• Empathy

Brené Brown
Keeping it awkward, brave, and kind.
t.co
Nassim Taleb
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Randomness
• Probability
• Uncertainty
Who Is Nassim Taleb? Antifragile Thinking for a Fat-Tailed World - Farnam Street
With the personal motto of “If you see fraud and don’t shout fraud, you are a fraud,” Nassim Taleb is not afraid of having the uncomfortable conversations. Here we share his mos...
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Naval Ravikant
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Practical, modern day philosophy
• Building personal wealth & leverage
• Startups & investing
The Angel Philosopher
The Angel Philosopher
t.co
Esther Perel
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Communication
• Relationships
• Sexuality
Esther Perel - Your Guide to Relational Intelligence
The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives. Navigate modern relationships through erotic intelligence, communication, connection, and more.
t.co
Tara Brach
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Meditation
• Emotional Healing
• Spiritual Awakening

Tara Brach - Meditation, Psychologist, Author, Teacher
Meditation, emotional healing, and spiritual awakening.
t.co
Diana Fleischman
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Evolutionary psychology
• Sentientism

Home | Diana S. Fleischman
t.co
Tyler Cowen
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Economics
• Politics
• History

Marginal REVOLUTION
Small Steps Toward A Much Better World
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Maria Popova
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Culture
• History
• Philosophy

The Marginalian
Marginalia on our search for meaning.
t.co
Balaji Srinivasan
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Healthcare
• Decentralisation
• Politics

Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji Srinivasan's personal blog. Formerly CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at a16z, @balajis is an investor and founder.
t.co
Rebecca Solnit
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Social change
• Nature
• Feminism
Josh Wolfe
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Physical and life sciences
• Frontier technologies
• Investing

All Articles & Essays by Josh Wolfe
Here's every essay, podcast, tweet, and video by Josh Wolfe. Josh Wolfe is co-founder and managing partner at Lux Capital, a venture capital based in New Yor...
t.co
Scott Alexander
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Science
• Medicine
• Philosophy
• Politics
• Futurism

Astral Codex Ten | Scott Alexander | Substack
P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary. Click to read Astral Codex Ten, by Scott Alexander, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of readers.
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Helen Thompson
Main areas of thought leadership:
• Geopolitics,
• Energy
• Monetary policy
newstatesman.com/author/helen-thompson
There you have it, 14 of the world’s best thinkers (and their best free content)
I hope you found these as helpful as I have.
Stay curious,
Alex
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🔗 Favourite links of the week 🔗
- Listening, really listening, is a rare superpower.
- Scott Williams: Listening
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