Thinking Is Risky

A call for intellectual ambition.

We’re really excited to publish this ambitious essay from the philosopher Samuel Kimbriel on intellectual ambition—where it comes from, where it went, and how we can get it back. It’s not an easy task, but the first step might be to realize we lost it in the first place. Samuel is our newly-minted Editor-at-Large at Wisdom of Crowds. He is also the dir…