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Meet The Signal’s contributors The purpose of The Signal is to help meet a deep need among independent-minded people, across America and around the globe: to understand the world on its own terms, from beyond the ideological camps. In a way that does justice to its complexities—and our curiosity. It’s why everything we do starts on the true common ground we all share: a good question. It’s also why we don’t have a lot of time for all-purpose experts—those who spend theirs coming up with opinions on as many things as possible, as confidently as possible, and telling everyone how we should be interpreting the whole, strange world of current affairs. And it’s why we place so much value on contributors who’re open to good questions, who can speak to them with specific knowledge and insight, and who love for us to come back to them with our follow-ups—and yours. Here are just a few for you to get to know better … - [Daron Acemoglu](, a professor of economics at MIT and a co-author of Power and Progress: Our 1,000-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity - [Alice Han](, the China director at the New York–based consulting firm Greenmantle, where she leads research on the country’s economy, technology, and politics - [Martin Raymond](, the cofounder of The Future Laboratory and the editor in chief of LS:N Global - [Sarah Myers West](, the managing director of the AI Now Institute - [Marc Weitzmann](, a French journalist and the author of Hate: The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in France - [Atika Rehman](, the London correspondent and former managing editor for Dawn, the largest English-language newspaper in Pakistan - [Essam Daod](, a psychiatrist and psychoanalytic therapist, who co-founded Humanity Crew, an international-aid organization providing first-response mental-health support for refugees around the world From Austin and Cincinnati to London and Hong Kong, The Signal has readers who are both as curious and as pressed for time as you are. If you know others—friends, family, colleagues—tell them to [sign up](. The newsletter is free. As ever, send questions, comments, and ideas to concierge@thesgnl.com—we’d love to hear from you, anytime on anything … This email address is unmonitored. Please send questions or comments [here](mailto:concierge@thesgnl.com). To advertise with The Signal, inquire [here](mailto:advertise@thesgnl.com). Add us to your [address book](mailto:updates@thesgnl.com). Unsubscribe [here](. © 2024 [unsubscribe](