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Who are your favourite living thinkers / intellectuals?

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It does not have to be a "brainiac" but someone that you always find worth checking what it says, despite agreeing or not.

One of them may be Sean Carroll for me. I should get some more. And Chomsky, but he is off the map now due to health issues.

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  • Plum Village monastics. Previously I’d have said Thich Nhat Hanh but sadly he’s no longer alive - but he taught the monastic community of Plum Village so they are continuing the wisdom. I find Alain de botton interesting and helpful sometimes. But I don’t think anything compares to Buddhism when it comes to finding wisdom and ways to deal with being a human being, reducing suffering and increasing happiness and compassion. Thich Nhat Hanh makes it all so accessible too. 

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  • Plum Village monastics. Previously I’d have said Thich Nhat Hanh but sadly he’s no longer alive - but he taught the monastic community of Plum Village so they are continuing the wisdom. I find Alain de botton interesting and helpful sometimes. But I don’t think anything compares to Buddhism when it comes to finding wisdom and ways to deal with being a human being, reducing suffering and increasing happiness and compassion. Thich Nhat Hanh makes it all so accessible too. 

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