Henry Farrell, Margaret Levi, and Tim O'Reilly
Henry Farrell is professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He is on Twitter @henryfarrell. Margaret Levi is Sara Miller McCune director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University and professor of political science, Stanford. Twitter: @margaretlevi.Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media and the author of WTF? What’s The Future and Why It’s Up To Us. @timoreilly
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