Cory Doctorow is a writer and digital activist who works to defend electronic freedom.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Gabor Maté is a physician at OnSite, a Vancouver detox facility and the only supervised injection site in North America.
Criminologist Nils Christie's Dangerous Idea? Treat prisoners as people.
Daniel Pinchbeck is the heir to Timothy Leary: he explores and advocates the use of psychedelic drugs.
Novelist Richard Powers bookmarks "Objects and Empathy" by Arthur Saltzman.
Elaine Scarry's a defender of beauty. She says not only does beauty thrill and compel us, it also inspires us to make the world more just. Here's our extended interview with her.
David Mamet talks with Steve Paulson and says the secret to writing a successful screenplay is to focus on what happens next. That's all the audience cares about.
David Denby of The New Yorker tells Steve Paulson that Pauline Kael was the most remarkable person he’s ever known.
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