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Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist, and public intellectual. International director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York University, and senior researcher at the University of Ljubljana's Department of Philosophy.
Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, (born 7 February 1958) is a British journalist and businessman. He is best known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics. He has written several science books, including The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (1994), Genome (1999), The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (2010) and The Evolution of Everything: How Ideas Emerge (2015). He publishes a blog and has been a regular contributor to The Times newspaper.
Ridley is a libertarian, and a staunch supporter of Brexit. He has been a Conservative hereditary peer since 2013, with a seat in the House of Lords.Ridley was chairman of the UK bank Northern Rock from 2004 to 2007, during which period it experienced the first run on a British bank in 130 years. He resigned, and the bank was bailed out by the UK government; this led to the nationalisation of Northern Rock.
Time Travel. The Information. Chaos.
Author, blogger, a lifetime of projects.
Substack: http://fasterplease.substack.com @AEI Fellow. @CNBC Contributor. @Jeopardy! champ. @TheWeek columnist. @NorthwesternU. 🦅🌐 🌎🦄 🤖🚀 🧬
Ars Technica founder. Writer. Coder. Doomer. Generalist. Also http://opensourcedefense.org. OG OG. Heartbroke but still loc'd.
Engineering physicist, science communicator, and television personality. Best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium with 14.1 million subscribers.
Swedish philosopher known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. Founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University.
Podcaster and neuroscientist. Associate professor of neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Host of the Huberman Lab podcast, ranked among the top 10 podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The podcast has over 3.5 million subscribers on YouTube.