Who Makes You Think?

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Who makes you think? Who challenges your thoughts and assumptions, twisting and elevating your understanding of concepts?

I want to know.

My two favourite reads, Umair and Chartreuse, have both recently gone MIA (one, mysteriously, went “back to not existing“).

I’m in desperate need of new thinkers who like the hemmoraging-edge.

Here’s what I’m asking – share a link, in the comments or email, to someone who makes you think; who pushes you forward.

  • candice

    Tom Evslin – http://blog.tomevslin.com. He is an incredibly smart guy, and he’s got cool stories to tell.

  • http://egobsd.org/log/ candice

    Tom Evslin – http://blog.tomevslin.com. He is an incredibly smart guy, and he’s got cool stories to tell.

  • Anthony

    I miss Chartreuse as well. I have always liked the personal blog of a http://benbarren.blogspot.com“rel=”nofollow”>web start-up guy from down here in Australia. It’s not Prince Campbell but it is fun and written by someone deep in the trenches of web 2.0 who does make me think.

  • http://www.anthonydever.com Anthony

    I miss Chartreuse as well.

    I have always liked the personal blog of a web start-up guy from down here in Australia. It’s not Prince Campbell but it is fun and written by someone deep in the trenches of web 2.0 who does make me think.

  • Dan and Jennifer

    Hey Fraser, Here are some great reads – bloggers that stretch your mind, challange your perspectives… Steve Pavlina – http://www.StevePavlina.com Evolving Times (Edward Mills) – http://www.EvolvingTimes.com Pick the Brain (John Wesley) – http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/ Change Your Thoughts: Change Your Life (Steven Aichinson) – http://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog/ Craig Harper – http://www.craigharper.com.au And an outside the box perspective on dating, relationships, love, and sex, with a strong bent on happiness and personal growth: – http://www.AskDanAndJennifer.com Looking forward to seeing the list you end up with. Have an awesome day! Dan and Jennifer

  • http://www.AskDanAndJennifer.com/ Dan and Jennifer

    Hey Fraser,

    Here are some great reads – bloggers that stretch your mind, challange your perspectives…

    Steve Pavlina – http://www.StevePavlina.com
    Evolving Times (Edward Mills) – http://www.EvolvingTimes.com
    Pick the Brain (John Wesley) – http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/
    Change Your Thoughts: Change Your Life (Steven Aichinson) – http://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog/
    Craig Harper – http://www.craigharper.com.au

    And an outside the box perspective on dating, relationships, love, and sex, with a strong bent on happiness and personal growth:
    - http://www.AskDanAndJennifer.com

    Looking forward to seeing the list you end up with.

    Have an awesome day!
    Dan and Jennifer

  • Fraser

    Thanks guys… I’ll check out all of the suggestions and add them to my regular reading for the next little bit. I do like Evslin, Candace, and read him often up until a year ago…. but for whatever reason I stopped. Maybe too verbose?

  • http://www.disruptivethoughts.com Fraser

    Thanks guys… I’ll check out all of the suggestions and add them to my regular reading for the next little bit.

    I do like Evslin, Candace, and read him often up until a year ago…. but for whatever reason I stopped. Maybe too verbose?

  • Jim Parker

    I also enjoy Umair and have wondered about Prince. Nevertheless, here’s a couple additional: http://www.trizle.com‘ rel=”nofollow”>trizle and http://publishing2.com‘ rel=”nofollow”>scott karp

  • http://www.attentiongrab.com Jim Parker

    I also enjoy Umair and have wondered about Prince.

    Nevertheless, here’s a couple additional:

    trizle

    and

    scott karp

  • Fraser

    Where is Umair is the question. Thanks for pointing me towards Trizle… on first look, the site looks interesting.

  • http://www.disruptivethoughts.com Fraser

    Where is Umair is the question.

    Thanks for pointing me towards Trizle… on first look, the site looks interesting.

  • Tiago Silveira

    I miss Umair too, he’s one of my business heroes. The other hero is Carmine Coyote of Slow Leadership. But who makes me think, really think… I guess I must say Hugh MacLeod from Gaping Void. Unless you allow german podcasts to compete. :-) In this case, I must say Braincast from Arvid Leyh. There I learned, for example, that our brains have so many feedback loops with the body that the merely smiling can improve your mood. Something folklorical knowledge from a scientific point of view.

  • http://jroller.com/page/dukejeffrie Tiago Silveira

    I miss Umair too, he’s one of my business heroes. The other hero is Carmine Coyote of Slow Leadership.

    But who makes me think, really think… I guess I must say Hugh MacLeod from Gaping Void.

    Unless you allow german podcasts to compete. :-) In this case, I must say Braincast from Arvid Leyh.

    There I learned, for example, that our brains have so many feedback loops with the body that the merely smiling can improve your mood. Something folklorical knowledge from a scientific point of view.

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  • Jeff Lindsay

    Ackoff is hard to beat. Anybody that works with systems theory beyond management seems like a safe bet. Will Wright incorporates a lot of systems theory in his work and talks. His talks are really the only good source of what he knows and has to share and unfortunately they’re hard to get your hands on. I have most of them though, including slides. Richard Dawkins actually too. Hell, a lot of the people that spoke at TED: http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/

  • http://blogrium.com Jeff Lindsay

    Ackoff is hard to beat. Anybody that works with systems theory beyond management seems like a safe bet.

    Will Wright incorporates a lot of systems theory in his work and talks. His talks are really the only good source of what he knows and has to share and unfortunately they’re hard to get your hands on. I have most of them though, including slides.

    Richard Dawkins actually too. Hell, a lot of the people that spoke at TED: http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/