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Vaclav Smil does interdisciplinary research in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment, and public policy.
He has published 35 books and more than 400 papers on these topics. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy), and the Member of the Order of Canada; in 2010 he was listed by Foreign Policy among the top 100 global thinkers.
He has worked as a consultant for many US, EU and international institutions, has been an invited speaker in nearly 400 conferences and workshops in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa, and has lectured at many universities in North America, Europe and East Asia. His wife Eva is a physician and his son David is an organic chemist
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and chairman of the Daily Journal Corporation.
"The Writing Guy" | I tweet about writing, learning and business | My writing school: http://writeofpassage.school | My writing: http://perell.com
Author, psychologist, and economist. Notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics. Recipient of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon L. Smith).
Investing in software eating the world.
Amos Tversky (1937-1996), a towering figure in cognitive and mathematical psychology, devoted his professional life to the study of similarity, judgment, and decision making. He had a unique ability to master the technicalities of normative ideals and then to intuit and demonstrate experimentally their systematic violation due to the vagaries and consequences of human information processing. He created new areas of study and helped transform disciplines as varied as economics, law, medicine, political science, philosophy, and statistics. This book collects forty of Tversky's articles, selected by him in collaboration with the editor during the last months of Tversky's life. It is divided into three sections: Similarity, Judgment, and Preferences. The Preferences section is subdivided into Probabilistic Models of Choice, Choice under Risk and Uncertainty, and Contingent Preferences. Included are several articles written with his frequent collaborator, Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman.
Bitcoin advocate, tech entrepreneur, and author. Host of the Speaking of Bitcoin podcast and teaching fellow for the M.Sc. Digital Currencies at the University of Nicosia.
Author and cartoonist. Creator of the Dilbert comic strip and author of several nonfiction works of business, commentary, and satire.
UFC color commentator, podcaster, comedian, and former television presenter. Host of The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast covering current events, comedy, politics, philosophy, science, martial arts, and hobbies with a diverse range of guests.
Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator known for his views on cultural and political issues. Often described as conservative and has identified as a classic British liberal and traditionalist.
a16z. author, The Cold Start Problem
Billionaire investor and hedge fund manager. Co-founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates since 1985.