Who has influenced your mind the most?

For me, Tyler Cowan, Sam Harris and Richard hanania have influenced my and way of thinking radically, like I’m a different person completely since being exposed.

I often don’t agree with them about specifics, escpially hanania, but that’s not really the point, it’s the style of approaching ideas that struck me.

Not always certain the influence is for the best. Most people do not think about the world in this way, in my setting. Sometimes I miss then ease of being very tribal, easily falling in line with another persons simple talking points instead of just quietly nodding or sometimes rarely dissenting.

Who has influenced you? Who do you still respect and look up to?