Who do you trust?

In a world of widespread censorship and misinformation, who do you trust?

Mainstream news is often tainted by government pressure, group think, and advertiser demands.

I've compiled below a list of X/Twitter users who I trust to hue to the truth on controversial topics.

I also don't necessarily agree with all of the people below on all topics. But, in general, I think they:

• try to be fair and honest

• have generally good epistemological hygiene

• provide information/perspectives that are often ignored / suppressed

• are generally good writers / speakers

• routinely unearth information I rarely find anywhere else

• are brave enough to endure the prospect of deplatforming / censorship / widespread ridicule to tell uncomfortable truths

• post frequently

Who else do you think should be on this list?

Corrections, comments, and suggestions welcome.

Aella ([1]) - sex, sex work, taboos

Alexandros Marinos ([2]) - AI doomer debunking, covid skeptic

Alex Nowrasteh (AlexNowrasteh) - immigration

Alex Tabarrok (ATabarrok) - economics, politics

Andrew Heaton ([3]) - various topics (nuclear war, supreme court, public choice) Podcast: The Political Orphanage

Balaji Srinivasan ([4]) - tech, culture, politics

Bjorn Lomborg ([5]) - climate alarmism

Bret Kugelmass ([6]) - nuclear power, host of Titans of Nuclear podcast

Bryan Caplan ([7]) - economics, immigration, pronatalism

Charles Marohn ([8]) - housing policy, Founder of Strong Towns movement

Chris Freiman ([9]) - immigration, economics

Elizabeth Nolan Brown ([10]) - culture, politics

Glenn Greenwald ([11]) - government surveillance/censorship/corruption Podcast: System Update

Gwern ([12]) - drugs

Jen Briney ([13]) - Host of the Congressional Dish podcast, co-host of We’re Not Wrong

Jesse Singal ([14]) / Katie Herzog ([15]) - trans issues, woke/DEI pathology, internet bullshit Podcast: Blocked and Reported

Jimmy Dore ([16]) - covid censorship, government / corporate collusion Podcast: The Jimmy Dore Show

Katie Herzog ([17]) - transgenderis, internet bullshit, cohost of @thebarpod

Marc Andreessen ([18]) - VC, tech, AI

Malcolm and Simone Collins ([19]) - woke mind virus / pronatalism Podcast: Based Camp

Matthew Yglesias ([20]) - politics

Matt Taibbi ([21]) - culture and politics

Max Borders ([22]) - culture, politics, technology

MIchael Gibson ([23]) - VC, tech, politics

Michael Malice ([24]) - communism, politics, culture, anarchism. Podcast: "You're Welcome"

Michael Shellenberger ([25]) - nuclear power; climate alarmism

Nick Gillespie ([26]) - politics / culture

Niklas Anzinger ([27]) - regulatory suffocation, "stranded" technology, free private cities, Prospera. Podcast: Stranded Technology

Perry Metzger ([28]) - tech, AI

Russ Roberts ([29]) - economics

Rob Wiblin ([30]) - host of 80,000 hours podcast

Scott Alexander ([31]) - culture, politics, psychology

Sean Malone ([32]) - movies, politics, culture

Spike Cohen ([33]) - politics, culture

Thaddeus Russell ([34]) - politics/culture/history. Podcast: Unregistered.

TracingWoodGrains ([35]) - DEI/woke pathology, internet bullshit Podcast: Blocked and Reported

Anyone on my Shadow Cabinet: https://x.com/i/lists/1818177245804199945

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