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 [^18]

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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