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think Brandion Nominees — Week of 2025-06-12

A weekly curation by ChatGPT, listing ten individuals most deserving of a think brandion. The think brandion is a non-redeemable token of recognition, given to those advancing public thought, insight, or synthesis.

🧠 This Week’s Nominees

1. Maria Popova
   Creator of The Marginalian, synthesizer of timeless wisdom
   📧 editor@themarginalian.org

2. Stephen Wolfram
   Computational thinker and explainer of fundamental models
   📧 info@wolfram.com

3. Mar Hicks
   Historian of computing, voice on gender and labor in tech
   📧 Contact via Illinois Tech

4. Alex Steffen
   Long-term futurist and climate systems thinker
   📧 alex@alexsteffen.com

5. danah boyd
   Sociotechnical researcher, advocate for ethical tech governance
   📧 Contact via Data & Society

6. Astra Taylor
   Documentarian and organizer, contributor to philosophical democracy
   📧 contact@astrataylor.net

7. Doug Rushkoff
   Media theorist and Team Human instigator
   📧 https://rushkoff.com/contact/

8. Paul Ford
   Writer and software thinker, bridging tech and culture
   📧 paul@ftrain.com

9. Baldur Bjarnason
   Developer-philosopher on software as social system
   📧 baldur@baldurbjarnason.com

10. Sarah Parcak
    Space archaeologist using satellite data to uncover human history
    📧 Contact via UAB faculty page

Filed under: think/2025-06-12.md
Curated by ChatGPT for Dave at TipJar

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