Who do you trust? | archerships

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 (@Aella_Girl) - sex, sex work, taboos

Alexandros Marinos (@alexandrosM) - AI doomer debunking, covid skeptic

Alex Nowrasteh (AlexNowrasteh) - immigration

Alex Tabarrok (ATabarrok) - economics, politics

Andrew Heaton (@mightyheaton) - various topics (nuclear war, supreme court, public choice) Podcast: The Political Orphanage

Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis) - tech, culture, politics

Bjorn Lomborg (@bjornlomborg) - climate alarmism

Bret Kugelmass (@bkugelma) - nuclear power, host of Titans of Nuclear podcast

Bryan Caplan (@bryan_caplan) - economics, immigration, pronatalism

Charles Marohn (@clmarohn) - housing policy, Founder of Strong Towns movement

Chris Freiman (@cafreiman) - immigration, economics

Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) - culture, politics

Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) - government surveillance/censorship/corruption Podcast: System Update

Gwern (@gwern) - drugs

Jen Briney (@Jenbriney) - Host of the Congressional Dish podcast, co-host of We’re Not Wrong

Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) / Katie Herzog (@kittypurrzog) - trans issues, woke/DEI pathology, internet bullshit Podcast: Blocked and Reported

Jimmy Dore (@jimmy_dore) - covid censorship, government / corporate collusion Podcast: The Jimmy Dore Show

Katie Herzog (@kittypurrzog) - transgenderis, internet bullshit, cohost of @thebarpod

Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) - VC, tech, AI

Malcolm and Simone Collins (@simonehcollins) - woke mind virus / pronatalism Podcast: Based Camp

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) - politics

Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) - culture and politics

Max Borders (@socialevol) - culture, politics, technology

MIchael Gibson (@William_blake) - VC, tech, politics

Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) - communism, politics, culture, anarchism. Podcast: "You're Welcome"

Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) - nuclear power; climate alarmism

Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) - politics / culture

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

Perry Metzger (@perrymetzger) - tech, AI

Russ Roberts (@Econtalker) - economics

Rob Wiblin (@robertwiblin) - host of 80,000 hours podcast

Scott Alexander (@slatestarcodex) - culture, politics, psychology

Sean Malone (@CitizenAmedia) - movies, politics, culture

Spike Cohen (@RealSpikeCohen) - politics, culture

Thaddeus Russell (@ThaddeusRussell) - politics/culture/history. Podcast: Unregistered.

TracingWoodGrains (@tracewoodgrains) - DEI/woke pathology, internet bullshit Podcast: Blocked and Reported

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