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William Deresiewicz - Solitude in Modern Life

William Deresiewicz is a former English professor at Yale, and the author of numerous books, including "The End of Solitude."

Kevin Knight - 2024 Election

Kevin Knight is the Chief of Staff of Congressman David Schweikert.

Jonathan Mann - Super-Forecaster

 Jonathan Mann is a security architect, a Good Judgment Super Forecaster, and a faculty member in the Computer Science department at NYU. He writes at https://abstraction.substack.com/

Michael Jelen - Replay, AI, Web3

Michael Jelen is the CEO of Replay, a web3 video streaming service.

Jan Swafford - George Gershwin

Jan Swafford is an American composer and the author of several musical biographies.

Thomas Barfield - Nomadic People

Thomas Barfield is an anthropologist at Boston University, and the author of several books, including The Nomadic Alternative.

Stuart Reid - Patrice Lumumba

Stuart Reid is an executive editor at Foreign Affairs, and the author of The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination.

Robin Hanson - Health, AI and More

Robin Hanson is an economist at George Mason University. His Substack is Overcoming Bias, and he is the author of multiple books, including The Elephant in the Brain.

Ellen Bass - Poet

Ellen Bass is a poet, the winner of three Pushcart Prizes, and the author of several collections, including Indigo.

Nicholas Krohley - Warrior Diplomats

Nicholas Krohley is a founder of FrontLine Advisory, and the co-author of Warrior Diplomats: Civil Affairs Forces on the Front Lines.