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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.
British physicist at the University of Oxford. Pioneered the field of quantum computation, formulated a description for a quantum Turing machine, and specified an algorithm for quantum computers. Proposer of using entangled states and Bell's theorem for quantum key distribution. Proponent of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Billionaire investor and hedge fund manager. Co-founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates since 1985.
Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Economics
Earned AB from Harvard University in 1989 and PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993.
Physicist and educator. Co-author of the Feynman Lectures on Physics.
Author of eleven books, including National Defense (1981), which received the 1983 National Book Award. Co-written the national best-seller Our Towns (2018) with his wife, Deborah Fallows, and co-wrote the HBO documentary of the same name in 2021.
Grew up in Los Angeles and supported himself and his mother with a job building X-ray equipment for the Kellogg Laboratory while attending Caltech.
Economic history, comparative industrial & agricultural development ⚠️ Economic history ≠ history of economics 🚫
Former product guy at Amazon, Hulu, Flipboard, Oculus. Blog at https://www.eugenewei.com
Benedict Evans used to be a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Benedict has been working in the media and technology industries for 15 years. He first entered the industry as a sell-side equity analyst in investment banking before moving on to strategy and business development roles at Orange, Channel 4 and NBC Universal. Benedict writes about and discusses strategic and operating issues around consumer technology, ecosystems and mobile platform on his blog and on Twitter.