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    Matthew Sheffield is a writer and podcaster who focuses on technology, philosophy, and politics. He and his work has been published, quoted, and cited by many outlets from the New York Times to NBC News.

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    Lapsed novelist, #RoughBeast & #DirtyRubles author, PREVAIL columnist & podcaster, co-host of The Five 8, enjoyer of Friday Manhattans.

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    Editor, The Hot Screen

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    Researcher and writer focused on right-wing religious and political movements in the U.S. for People For the American Way's Right Wing Watch project.

  • Johannes Jaeger

    Free-floating systems thinker & natural philosopher. Agency, evolution, and AI. Metamodernist. Open science, society & living. https://www.johannesjaeger.eu https://theperspective.studio https://www.expandingpossibilities.org https://www.the-zone.at

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