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1 name,url,description 2 Gwern,https://gwern.substack.com,deep research on ai scaling genetics statistics technology and self-experimentation 3 Scott Alexander,https://www.astralcodexten.com,rationalist essays on science medicine philosophy politics and futurism 4 Zvi Mowshowitz,https://thezvi.substack.com,rigorous analysis of ai rationality decision-making and strategic thinking 5 Henrik Karlsson,https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz,beautiful essays on writing relationships agency and intellectual life 6 Erik Hoel,https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com,neuroscientist writing on consciousness culture science and literature 7 Joel David Hamkins,https://www.infinitelymore.xyz,notre dame mathematician and philosopher serializing books on infinity and logic 8 Robin Hanson,https://www.overcomingbias.com,economist exploring hidden motives signaling prediction markets and the future 9 Bryan Caplan,https://www.betonit.ai,economist writing on education immigration rationality and libertarian ideas 10 Henry Oliver,https://www.commonreader.co.uk,essays on great books from chaucer to modern fiction and late bloomers 11 Razib Khan,https://www.razibkhan.com,geneticist writing on human evolution history told through dna and culture 12 Anton Howes,https://www.ageofinvention.xyz,historian of innovation exploring causes of the industrial revolution 13 Brian Potter,https://www.construction-physics.com,deep dives into buildings infrastructure industrial technology and progress 14 Sarah Constantin,https://sarahconstantin.substack.com,math phd finding underrated opportunities in science technology and society 15 Freddie deBoer,https://freddiedeboer.substack.com,fierce independent essays on education culture ideology and writing 16 Adam Tooze,https://adamtooze.substack.com,columbia financial historian on economics geopolitics and global crises 17 Noah Smith,https://www.noahpinion.blog,economist with data-driven essays on economics technology and public policy 18 Byrne Hobart,https://diff.substack.com,dense daily analysis at the intersection of finance technology and history 19 Nate Silver,https://www.natesilver.net,statistician covering probability forecasting elections and decision-making 20 Rob Henderson,https://www.robkhenderson.com,psychologist exploring luxury beliefs social class and human nature 21 Cate Hall,https://usefulfictions.substack.com,ceo and former poker champion writing on agency mental models and truth 22 Dwarkesh Patel,https://www.dwarkesh.com,deeply researched interviews and essays on ai technology and civilization 23 Michael Huemer,https://fakenous.substack.com,philosophy professor on epistemology ethics politics and logical reasoning 24 Kieran Setiya,https://ksetiya.substack.com,mit philosopher exploring ethics epistemology and philosophy as life guide 25 Richard Chappell,https://www.goodthoughts.blog,moral philosopher writing on consequentialism ethics and parfit 26 Eric Schwitzgebel,https://eschwitz.substack.com,philosopher on consciousness ai ethics moral psychology and science fiction 27 Justin Smith-Ruiu,https://justinehsmith.substack.com,philosopher of science writing on leibniz russia modernity and memory 28 Joseph Heath,https://josephheath.substack.com,toronto political philosopher on critical theory rational choice and institutions 29 Arnold Kling,https://arnoldkling.substack.com,mit economist on the three languages of politics and institutional design 30 Branko Milanovic,https://branko2f7.substack.com,leading inequality economist on global income distribution and economic history 31 Brad DeLong,https://braddelong.substack.com,berkeley economist and historian on growth distribution and economic history 32 Nadia Asparouhova,https://nayafia.substack.com,independent researcher on open source culture tech influence and digital life 33 Vitalik Buterin,https://vitalik.substack.com,ethereum co-founder on crypto philosophy governance game theory and mechanism design 34 Ted Gioia,https://www.honest-broker.com,music historian and cultural critic on books music arts and media 35 Adam Mastroianni,https://www.experimental-history.com,psychologist running experiments and challenging scientific orthodoxy with humor 36 L.M. Sacasas,https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com,independent scholar of technology ethics drawing on ellul and illich 37 Venkatesh Rao,https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com,ribbonfarm writer on technology philosophy systems thinking and civilization 38 Matt Clancy,https://mattsclancy.substack.com,innovation economist synthesizing academic research on progress and discovery 39 Jason Crawford,https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org,progress studies founder on history of technology and philosophy of progress 40 Samo Burja,https://brief.bismarckanalysis.com,great founder theorist analyzing institutions civilizations and live players 41 Samuel Hammond,https://www.secondbest.ca,economist on innovation policy state capacity ai and institutional reform 42 N.S. Lyons,https://theupheaval.substack.com,geopolitical analyst on technology ideology china and the crisis of liberalism 43 Tanner Greer,https://scholarstage.substack.com,china strategist writing long reads on history politics and grand strategy 44 Sam Kriss,https://samkriss.substack.com,literary essayist with dense pieces on philosophy culture modernity and myth 45 Jared Henderson,https://jaredhenderson.substack.com,philosopher outside academia exploring great books and the life of the mind 46 Roger's Bacon,https://www.secretorum.life,pseudonymous writer on science history philosophy and unconventional ideas 47 Metacelsus,https://denovo.substack.com,synthetic biologist writing on new and interesting things in biology 48 David R. MacIver,https://drmaciver.substack.com,writer exploring philosophy mathematics skill acquisition and how life works 49 Nuño Sempere,https://forecasting.substack.com,forecasting researcher on prediction markets and quantitative reasoning 50 Jeffrey Ding,https://chinai.substack.com,political scientist translating chinese ai policy writings into english 51 Lillian Li,https://lillianli.substack.com,longform analysis of chinese tech companies business models and sectors 52 Richard Pettigrew,https://richardpettigrew.substack.com,philosopher of mathematics bayesian epistemology and rational choice theory 53 Hollis Robbins,https://hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com,humanities scholar on literature ai in education and the life of the academy 54 Alex Danco,https://danco.substack.com,shopify product director on tech culture gift economy and social capital 55 Garth Greenwell,https://garthgreenwell.substack.com,novelist and critic with close readings of literature film and literary craft 56 Asimov Press,https://www.asimov.press,digital magazine on progress in biology metascience and transformative technology 57 Works in Progress,https://www.worksinprogress.news,online magazine publishing new and underrated ideas to improve the world 58 Palladium Magazine,https://letter.palladiummag.com,governance futurism magazine exploring institutions technology and civilization 59 Asterisk Magazine,https://asteriskmag.substack.com,magazine for clear thinking from the rationalist and ea communities 60 Letters of Note,https://news.lettersofnote.com,curated collection of the most fascinating letters in history by shaun usher 61 Casey Muratori,https://www.computerenhance.com,performance-aware programming courses and deep systems-level technical analysis 62 John Nerst,https://everythingstudies.substack.com,erisologist studying disagreement abstraction and how people argue past each other 63 Ozy Brennan,https://thingofthings.substack.com,effective altruist on rationality ethics discourse norms and wild animal welfare 64 Kyla Scanlon,https://kyla.substack.com,economic commentator who coined vibecession blending data with storytelling 65 Sam Enright,https://samenright.substack.com,young polymath essayist covering philosophy economics history poetry and progress 66 Dominic Cummings,https://dominiccummings.substack.com,former uk political advisor on institutions science policy reform and strategy 67 Agnes Callard,https://agnescallard.substack.com,uchicago philosopher on aspiration ancient philosophy ethics and public thinking 68 Lyman Stone,https://lymanstone.substack.com,demographer analyzing fertility decline population trends and cultural economics 69 Noah Millman,https://gideons.substack.com,cultural critic and filmmaker on politics theater religion and cosmopolitanism 70 Resident Contrarian,https://residentcontrarian.substack.com,anonymous essayist with contrarian takes on culture class and everyday life 71 Sasha Chapin,https://sashachapin.substack.com,award-winning writer on the creative process chess and lived experience 72 Packy McCormick,https://www.notboring.co,optimistic deep dives into technology strategy startups and business 73 The Gradient,https://thegradientpub.substack.com,team of ai researchers publishing accessible essays on machine learning 74 Sam Rinko,https://samuelrinko.substack.com,autodidact building an intellectual life through serious self-directed reading 75 Tina He,https://fakepixels.substack.com,designer-philosopher exploring technology markets and the human mind 76 Alexey Guzey,https://guzey.substack.com,independent researcher on scientific progress institutional reform and agi 77 New Science,https://newscience.substack.com,building 21st century institutions of science with essays on how science works 78 Matthew Yglesias,https://www.slowboring.com,policy writer with daily rational moderate takes on politics and governance 79 Jesse Singal,https://jessesingal.substack.com,journalist covering social science controversies psychology and media criticism 80 Gergely Orosz,https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com,senior engineer on software engineering culture hiring and the tech industry 81 Michael Harris,https://siliconreckoner.substack.com,columbia number theorist on philosophy of math mechanization and ai 82 Jørgen Veisdal,https://www.privatdozent.co,essays on the history of mathematics featuring stories of genius and eccentricity 83 Tivadar Danka,https://thepalindrome.org,making mathematics beautiful and accessible through clear essays and stories 84 David Bentley Hart,https://davidbentleyhart.substack.com,theologian-philosopher on world literature religion philosophy and culture 85 David Bessis,https://davidbessis.substack.com,mathematician on intuition imagination and the hidden art of mathematical thinking 86 Grant Sanderson,https://3blue1brown.substack.com,updates from the creator of 3blue1brown on math exposition and visualization 87 Allen Downey,https://allendowney.substack.com,bayesian statistics data science and probability from the author of think python 88 George Saunders,https://georgesaunders.substack.com,guided page-by-page readings of classic short stories as a democratized mfa 89 Naomi Kanakia,https://www.woman-of-letters.com,essays on great books classic literature and the contemporary publishing world 90 John Pistelli,https://grandhotelabyss.substack.com,weekly readings on literature culture drama poetry film and politics as aesthetics 91 Brandon Taylor,https://blgtylr.substack.com,literary essays on craft aesthetics and contemporary culture from a novelist 92 Lincoln Michel,https://countercraft.substack.com,counterintuitive fiction craft essays publishing and literary sundries 93 Sam Kahn,https://samkahn.substack.com,intellectual journal of essays stories and reflections on letters and criticism 94 Devin Kelly,https://ordinaryplots.substack.com,weekly meditations on individual poems approaching verse through life 95 Pádraig Ó Tuama,https://poetryunbound.substack.com,poet and theologian exploring how poems connect to life and meaning 96 Hyun Woo Kim,https://300tangpoems.substack.com,weekly translations of tang dynasty chinese poems with scholarly commentary 97 Emily Wilson,https://emily613.substack.com,classicist and translator of homer on translation language and complexity 98 Philip Traylen,https://oldoldoldoldnew.substack.com,translations of cioran's untranslated notebooks alongside original aphorisms 99 Classical Wisdom,https://classicalwisdom.substack.com,philosophy history and literature unlocking wisdom from the ancient world 100 Micah Mattix,https://prufrock.substack.com,curated daily links to the best in books arts and ideas with commentary 101 Spencer Klavan,https://rejoiceevermore.substack.com,classicist on ancient wisdom hellenistic philosophy and the humanities 102 Ron Charles,https://roncharles.substack.com,weekly book criticism and essays on literary culture from a washington post critic 103 The Point Magazine,https://thepointmag.substack.com,dispatches from a magazine dedicated to strenuous cultural and literary criticism 104 Robert Cottrell,https://thebrowser.substack.com,five pieces of lasting-value reading chosen daily by veteran editors 105 Maya C. Popa,https://mayacpopa.substack.com,weekly poetry curation and essays on wonder from a publishers weekly editor 106 Tracy K. Smith,https://tracyksmithpoet.substack.com,pulitzer-winning former us poet laureate sharing poems and essays 107 Daniel Walden,https://danielwalden.substack.com,philologist and classicist on opera music the classics and adaptation 108 Gregory Sadler,https://gregorybsadler.substack.com,philosopher making complex philosophical texts accessible through lectures 109 Dan Meyer,https://danmeyer.substack.com,mathematical pedagogy and building better worlds for learning math 110 Desystemize,https://desystemize.substack.com,rationalist-adjacent essays exploring systems assumptions and ideas 111 Peter Wildeford,https://peterwildeford.substack.com,quantitative researcher on ai forecasting and effective altruism 112 Ross Barkan,https://rosselliotbarkan.com,original essays on politics society and culture from a novelist and journalist 113 Gretchen McCulloch,https://gretchenmcc.substack.com,internet linguist and author of because internet on how language evolves online 114 Kyle Chayka,https://kylechayka.substack.com,new yorker writer on how platforms and algorithms reshape culture and aesthetics 115 Beyond Euclid,https://beyondeuclid.substack.com,curated newsletter of the best mathematics and science content weekly