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is an evolutionary social psychologist with broad interests in how the recurrent challenges of our distant past help us understand our motivational states today. He is the author of The Social Leap ...

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is a London-based writer and consultant on science, technology and the future. A former editor-in-chief of New Scientist, he is the author of The Bright Side: Why Optimists Have the Power to Change ...

is a neurosurgeon and the author of the book Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery (2024). He lives in New York City.

is a lecturer and researcher in psychology at the University of Plymouth, UK, specialising in performance coaching in sport, exploration, business, the military and healthcare. He is the co-founder of ...

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is a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, US, originally from Istanbul, Turkey. Her primary interests are in ethics and aesthetics.