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Anthony D. Romero
This is what democracy looks like
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Sitawa Wafula
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Rutger Bregman
Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash
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Wendy Troxel
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A climate solution where all sides can win
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Lucy Kalanithi
What makes life worth living in the face of death
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Stuart Russell
3 principles for creating safer AI
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Shah Rukh Khan
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Kate Stafford
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A summer school kids actually want to attend
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There's no shame in taking care of your mental health
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Laura Galante
How (and why) Russia hacked the US election
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Deborah Lipstadt
Behind the lies of Holocaust denial
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Elon Musk
The future we're building — and boring
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