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Robert Tracinski is the editor of Symposium, a columnist with Discourse Magazine, and also publishes commentary at The Tracinski Letter.
Lawyer, writer
Helen Pluckrose is the Founder of Counterweight and the co-author of Cynical Theories.
Russian-Jewish-American writer. Author, Ceasefire: Why Women & Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality (1999). Writer, The Bulwark. Newsday columnist, Reason contributing editor.
Founder, Roots of Progress Institute (rootsofprogress.org). I write about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress.
I teach political philosophy at Clemson University, and I am the Executive Director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism.
Philosopher, educator, and consultant Robert Garmong lives in Dalian, China. He holds a PhD in philosophy from The University of Texas and an AB in political science and economics from The University of Chicago.
"The world is second best, at best."