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Justin E. H. Smith is an American-Canadian professor in philosophy of science and history at the University of Paris 7, Denis Diderot. He is the author of several books, including Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason and Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life. He is also a contributor to The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, n+1, Slate, and Art in America.

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Charles Seife is a journalist and author who teaches at New York University. He studied mathematics at Princeton and Yale, and his other books include Proofiness, Alpha & Omega, and Decoding the Universe.

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Black and White Thinking (2020) examines the human brain’s irresistible impulse to sort things into binary categories: black and white, good and evil, right and wrong. The instinct to categorize is strong –⁠ and we have evolution to thank for it. But while categorization helped us survive in ancient times – when every trip into the forest was life or death – it’s become an obstacle in the modern world. Today, life’s rarely black-and-white, but often shades of gray.

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Kevin Dutton is a British psychologist who specializes in the study of psychopathy and persuasion. He’s a researcher at the University of Oxford and the author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths and Flipnosis: The Art of Split-Second Persuasion.

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Nigel Warburton is a British philosopher, columnist, and podcast host. He has presented Philosophy Bites, a podcast, since 2007 and is the author of Philosophy: The Basics, among other books.

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Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and host of the popular Making Sense podcast. His app, Waking Up, aims to teach meditation through a modern, scientific lens. He has written several best-selling and award-winning books, including The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, and Waking Up.

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The Ethics of Ambiguity (1947) is one of the foundational texts of existentialist philosophy. It's both a succinct summary of existentialist thought and a thorough interrogation of its ethical ramifications in the real world. By reflecting on what it means to be human, this book is a call to recognize and act upon one fundamental truth of our existence: that we are free.

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Simone de Beauvoir was a French intellectual, writer, activist, feminist, and philosopher. A prolific writer, de Beauvoir wrote across multiple genres, including literature, social commentary, and biography, although she's most famous for her contributions to existentialist philosophy and feminism. She's noted especially for her groundbreaking book The Second Sex, which has since become one of the foundational texts of contemporary feminism.

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