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The article "25 THINKERS FOR AN UNCERTAIN WORLD" from Prospect magazine highlights influential thinkers in various categories such as Climate, Economics, Freedom, Geopolitics, and Technology. Notable figures like Eliane Brum, David Autor, Maria Corina Machado, Anne Applebaum, and Ray Kurzweil are featured for their impactful work in their respective fields. These thinkers are recognized for their contributions to shaping the world we live in and addressing critical issues such as climate change, economic inequality, political freedom, and technological advancements. Readers are encouraged to vote for their top thinker and engage with the diverse perspectives presented in the article. [Extracted from the article]

This article presents Prospect's list of Top Thinkers for 2024, featuring intellectuals from various fields who are making an impact on critical global issues. The list includes thinkers in the climate, economics, freedom, geopolitics, and technology categories. The article encourages readers to vote for their top thinker and acknowledges that the list is not exhaustive. Jeffrey Lewis, an expert in nuclear nonproliferation, warns about the increased risk of a nuclear catastrophe due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and emphasizes the urgent need for renewed commitment to disarmament. The document also provides brief profiles of several influential thinkers in various fields, including nuclear disarmament, war strategy, neoliberalism, US-China relations, artificial intelligence, genome editing, neuroscience, and internet usage. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses Eliane Brum, a Brazilian journalist and documentary filmmaker, chosen as Prospect's Top Thinker for 2025. Brum emphasizes the importance of the Amazon rainforest as the center of life and resistance against colonization and capitalism by indigenous peoples. She highlights the need to support those defending the forest and the urgent fight for life amidst climate breakdown. Brum criticizes left-wing governments for not adequately addressing climate collapse and emphasizes the global responsibility in protecting the Amazon. [Extracted from the article]

FEATURES CONVERSATION Ellen Halliday, deputy editor: We're facing a huge challenge: to simultaneously make people's lives better and address the causes and consequences of climate change. Sam: I agree that income distribution, certainly in this country, isn't fair and that affects cohesion and affects people's wellbeing. Sam: I would agree that the growth narrative in this country is simplistic, and misguided in the sense that it is about the growth of GDP as the value of the pile of things we produce. Kate: Are we talking about green growth globally or are we talking about here in the UK and in other high-income countries?. [Extracted from the article]

"The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years" by Sunil Amrith delves into the destructive path of human activities over the centuries, highlighting the exploitation of nature driven by human wants and desires for luxuries. Amrith emphasizes the interconnectedness between humans and the environment, critiquing the illusion of human mastery over nature and the detrimental consequences of such pursuits. The book offers a global perspective, focusing on the Global South and critiquing empire and modern economies for their exploitative actions, making it a sobering read on the impact of human greed on the Earth." [Extracted from the article]

Anand Teltumbde Dalit rights activist In 2020, the Indian scholar and civil rights campaigner Anand Teltumbde was arrested for allegedly inciting caste-based violence and associating with Maoist groups. Last year, Roman Abramovich sued Belton and her publisher for defamation over the book's allegation that Abramovich bought Chelsea Football Club on Putin's instructions. According to the US and human rights groups, though, the charges are trumped up - and Teltumbde was targeted by Narendra Modi's government for his advocacy of Dalit rights and criticism of the Hindutva ideolog sweeping the country. Timothy Snyder Historian One of the clearest voices on Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Timothy Snyder, author of 15 books including the groundbreaking Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, has a deep understanding of Ukraine's history. [Extracted from the article]

David King, former UK climate change representative and chief scientific adviser, is still actively working to address climate change. As head of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, he has proposed a strategy of "four Rs" to tackle climate change: rapid emissions cuts, removing carbon from the atmosphere, repairing or refreezing the Arctic, and building resilience. King supports experiments to create white clouds over the Arctic Sea in the summer to prevent melting, using biomimicry rather than traditional geoengineering. He emphasizes the need for global cooperation, particularly among resource-hungry superpowers like China, the US, the EU, Brazil, and India. King also criticizes the UK's actions on the international stage and highlights the importance of understanding other countries' perspectives in climate negotiations. [Extracted from the article]

In 2020 Kianni became the youngest-ever UN adviser, one of seven 18- to 28-year-olds chosen to help secretary general António Guterres tackle climate change for a two-year period. PEOPLE» Sophia Kianni When Sophia Kianni and I finally speak - we've been trying to find a moment that works between time zones - she's on her way to the White House. And so afterjoining Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future, Greta Thunberg's school strike movement, Kianni founded Climate Cardinals, a volunteer-driven project to translate resources into the languages spoken in those regions most affected by climate change and typically underserved by international bodies. [Extracted from the article]

Paul Powlesland In a wood-panelled banqueting hall just steps away from the Royal Courts of Justice, lawyers whisper beneath portraits of the Stuart kings. Across a white tablecloth, barrister Paul Powlesland, 36, explains to me the threat he thinks his profession poses to the planet. Powlesland has invited any practising UK barrister to debate the issue with him - so long as the meeting is in person, public and will be broadcast. [Extracted from the article]

But "being on the streets is absolutely something that's in the RSPB's DNA", Speight says. Although the government's investment zones no longer pose the threat campaigners feared, Speight acknowledges that the policy status quo is still far from nature-positive. This feels like a question you have to ask the CEO of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) if you get the chance, but Beccy Speight is taken aback. [Extracted from the article]

Thomas Dixon tears away bubble wrap to reveal his Lost Emotions Machine: a five-foot-tall cabinet with levers and switches that click with satisfying solidity. When "this powerful symbol hit the ultimate fact of human existence - death", as Dixon puts it, the container shattered; the emotions were released. For starters, Dixon says the stiff upper lip is long gone. [Extracted from the article]

That's the feeling we get as we join Stephen, the protagonist of Caleb Azumah Nelson's captivating second novel, in Peckham in 2009. Music is the means of Stephen's self-discovery and healing - "since the one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing" - and music is there in the character of Nelson's prose, too. By Caleb Azumah Nelson There's something about summer that makes us feel "we might be eighteen again, we might be open, we might be free.". [Extracted from the article]