Jessica Carew Kraft is a naturalist and wild food forager, and the author of Why We Need to Be Wild. Her work as a journalist has been published in The New[…]
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Ben Stanger is the Hanna Wise Professor in Cancer Research and a professor of medicine and cell and developmental biology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a practicing gastroenterologist[…]
Michael Levin is a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts[…]
Larrie D. Ferreiro is a naval architect and historian. His books include The American Revolution: A World War (co-editor and author), Brothers at Arms and Churchill’s American Arsenal. He has served for over[…]
Simon Whitney, MD, JD is an ethicist, family doctor and author. His books include From Oversight to Overkill and he has been published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the American[…]
Lisa Miller, Ph.D., is a professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the Founder and Director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first[…]
Alfonso Martinez Arias is an ICREA Research Professor in the department of systems bioengineering of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He is co-author of Principles of Development, which was awarded the Royal Society of Biology book prize, and author of[…]
Dr. Michael McGhee used to teach philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He was a founding editor of Contemporary Buddhism and is author of Transformations of Mind: Philosophy as Spiritual Practice and[…]
Kevin O’Leary, known as “Mr. Wonderful” and “Uncle Kevin,” is a businessman, TV personality, and investor. Co-founder of SoftKey International, he orchestrated its $4.2 billion acquisition by Mattel. O’Leary later[…]
David Hepworth is a music writer and author. He was one of the presenters of the iconic BBC rock music show The Old Grey Whistle Test and a TV anchor during Live Aid[…]
Sinclair McKay is the London-based literary critic for the Telegraph and the Spectator and is the author of The Secret Life of Codebreakers and Bletchley Park Brainteasers.
Koray Caliskan is associate professor of strategic design and management at Parsons School of Design, the New School. He is the author of Market Threads and Data Money.
Giorgio Parisi is an Italian theoretical physicist and professor of theoretical physics at the Sapienza University of Rome. Together with Klaus Hasselmann and Syukuro Manabe, he received the 2021 Nobel[…]
Peter Atwater is an Adjunct Professor of Economics at William and Mary, and President of Financial Insyghts. His work on decision-making has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and The[…]
Michael Finkel is the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods and True Story. He has reported from more than 50 countries, and lives with his family in northern Utah.
Christian Madsbjerg is cofounder of the consulting firm ReD Associates and the author of Look: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World. His work has appeared in The Wall Street[…]
Dr. Julia Mossbridge is a research-based futurist trained in cognitive neuroscience and the science of perceptual learning. Since 2006, she has been leading transformative science, tech, and education efforts for[…]
Bill Schaninger is a senior partner in McKinsey's Philadelphia office and a co-author of Beyond Performance 2.0 and Power to the Middle.
Bryan Hancock is a partner in McKinsey's Washington, DC, office and a co-author of Power to the Middle.
Emily Field is a partner in McKinsey's Seattle office and a co-author of Power to the Middle.
Émile P. Torres is a philosopher and historian whose work focuses on existential threats to civilization and humanity, and the author of Human Extinction: A History of the Science and[…]
Daniel Uvanovic is a writer who studies the interplay between technology and human nature. @Daniel_Uv
Mary Ellen Hannibal's books include The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America's Last, Best Wilderness. Her most recent book, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in[…]
Tobias Rose-Stockwell is a writer, designer, and media researcher whose work has been featured by outlets such as The Atlantic, WIRED, NPR, the BBC, and CNN. He is the author of Outrage Machine.
Jennifer Ackerman is the author of The Bird Way, The Genius of Birds and What an Owl Knows. Her essays have appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Scientific[…]
Chris Mailander counsels corporate and national government clients on decision-making. His client roster has included the President of Nigeria, the Government of Iraq, and a variety of Silicon Valley innovators.[…]
Lane Greene is the language columnist and Spain correspondent at The Economist. His books include Talk on the Wild Side and Writing with Style.
Laurence Jurdem, Ph.D., is an adjunct professor of history at Fordham College’s Lincoln Center campus. He is the author of Paving the Way for Reagan and The Rough Rider and the Professor.
Anna Ploszajski is an award-winning materials scientist, engineer and communicator. Her projects have included attempts to break a land-speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and power Glastonbury Festival[…]
Jennifer Pahlka is the former deputy chief technology officer of the United States and the founder of nonprofit Code for America. Pahlka is the winner of a Skoll Award for Social[…]