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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.
Philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist. Research focuses on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly in relation to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.
Author of The End of Faith, FreeWill, and other bestselling books; host of the Making Sense podcast; and creator of the Waking Up app (@wakingup).
Writing threads to demystify business and finance. Investor, advisor and educator. Gave up a grand slam on ESPN in 2012 and still waiting for it to land.
Astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, science communicator, author, and professor. Known for research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, assembly of the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, and advocating for the greenhouse effect hypothesis on Venus.
Theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of superfluidity. Nobel Prize recipient for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics.
Essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist. Work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.