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Grew up in East Hampton, New York. Experienced poor health as a child, sparking an interest in self-improvement. Graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in East Asian studies. Worked in sales at a data storage company after graduation.
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).
Media theorist, author.
Started the blog Brain Pickings, now renamed to The Marginalian, in 2006. Features writing on books, the arts, philosophy, culture, and other subjects.
Ph.D in biomedical science/expert on nutritional health, brain & aging.
Essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist. Work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.
Novelist | Essayist | Soaring Twenties apologist
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