Coolest Folks I Discovered in 2022
I am quite sure I am missing some of you...
In an order with no pattern, these are some brilliant people I discovered this year. Highly recommend going down the rabbit holes.
Chris Arnade: the man who walks and blogs. Great insight, powerful yet easy writing style.
James Somers: one of the best writers I have discovered in the last several years.
Derek Thompson: incredibly clear writer and thinker. Great interviewer, check out his podcast.
Emily Oster: Great writing about parenting, children, education and more. Data driven, which I like!
Gary Marcus: disagreeable and very enjoyable AI thinker.
Robin Hanson: sprawling curiosity, well aimed.
Kat Rosenfield: not afraid to be yelled at, writing about important topics.
Ted Gioia: amazing writer, great taste in music and all things culture.
Craig Mod: wrote one of my favorite essays of the year. Check it out.
Maciej Cegłowski: just poke around his site, fascinating portals.
Austin Vernon: incredible site where he writes deeply about technology and science.
Amjad Masad: amazing founder of one of the most essential pieces of software I discovered in 2022, Replit.
Suhail: awesome founder of Mighty and now going all in on AI.
Molly Mielke: I’ve loved every one of the pieces of writing from Molly that I read in 2022.
Alec Stapp + Caleb Watney: founded the Institute of Progress and have become a kind of moth light for cool people doing important things.
Tony Fadell: one of the most fun podcast guests I have ever listened to. Basically the lead inventor of the iPod.
Lee Cronin: doing weird cool things with computers and chemistry, and possibly something even weirder and bigger via Assembly Theory.
Agnes Callard: asks wonderful questions and answers them very well!
Sid Sijbrandij: Smart founder of GitLab, all in on asynchronous remote work.
Dana Gioia: information billionaire, a joy to listen to.
Stephanie Murray: wonderful writer I found via the Atlantic, investigating important cultural questions with precision.