People

Some of the people whose work is exploring the frontiers of our changing world.

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Elle Griffin
Elle Griffin is the author of The Elysian, a newsletter imagining a better future through essays and fiction.
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Anil Seth
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Andrew Steele
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Isabelle Boemeke
Brazilian fashion model-turned-nuclear electricity influencer Isabelle Boemeke uses her platform to challenge the status quo on energy.
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Dan Gardner
Dan Gardner is the author of several best-selling books, as well as PastPresentFuture, a Substack newsletter about history, psychology, risk, and decision-making.
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Gal Winter
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Daniel Jeffries
Daniel Jeffries is the author of Future History, where he writes about the future, the past, technology, and the meaning of life.
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Leander Kahney
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Christopher Ferguson
Christopher Ferguson is an author, PhD psychologist, and professor at Stetson University.
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Nirit Weiss-Blatt
Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt is a communication researcher and author of "The TECHLASH and Tech Crisis Communication" book and AI Panic newsletter.
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Kiara Nirghin
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Namir Khaliq
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Peter Leyden
Josie Zayner
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Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon is a General Partner and has been at Andreessen Horowitz since 2012. He founded and leads a16z crypto, which invests in web3 technologies through four dedicated funds with […]
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Jason Crawford
Damon Root
Damon Root
Elise Leise
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Rohit Krishnan
Rohit Krishnan is an engineer and an economist. He is also the author of Strange Loop Canon, where he writes about technology and economics.
Brandon Butler
Brandon Butler is the Director of Information Policy at the University of Virginia Library
Kirby Ferguson
Kirby Ferguson is a video producer, writer, speaker best known for the "Everything is a Remix" video series.
Ian Scheffler
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Louis Anslow
Shubham Agarwal
Shubham Agarwal is a freelance technology journalist from Ahmedabad, India.
William Lockett
William Lockett William Lockett is a freelance writer based in the UK, covering stories involving technology, electric vehicles, renewable energy, AI, and more.
Sam Jarman
Sam is a communicator of all things physics, from black holes to nature-inspired technology. He is also a regular contributor for online magazines including Physics World, Scientia, and Research Outreach.
Sachin Rawat
Kevin Dickinson
Jonny Thomson
Jonny Thomson teaches philosophy in Oxford. He runs a popular Instagram account called Mini Philosophy (@philosophyminis), which is the result of the conversations with his students and a somewhat masochistic […]
Chris Moody
Chris Moody is a writer based in Chattanooga, Tennesse.
Hope Reese
Hope Reese is a freelance journalist based in Budapest.
Stephen Johnson
Jesse Damiani
Jesse Damiani is a former senior writer at Freethink covering emerging technologies.
Kristin Houser
Kristin Houser is a staff writer at Freethink covering science, tech, and space.
Teresa Carey
Teresa Carey is a former senior staff writer at Freethink.
B. David Zarley
B. David Zarley is a senior staff writer at Freethink covering health and medicine.
Daniel Bier
Daniel Bier is senior editor at Freethink.
Amanda Winkler
Amanda Winkler is a former managing editor at Freethink.