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Martha Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. She is the author of over 20 books, including Anger and Forgiveness and The Monarchy of Fear, and has explored topics including Greek and Roman philosophy, political theory, feminism, literature, and animal rights. Nussbaum has 62 honorary degrees and is the winner of the 2018 Berggruen Prize, the 2016 Kyoto Prize in Philosophy, and the 2012 Prince of Asturias Awards for Social Sciences.

Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle is Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT. Her research focuses on psychoanalysis and human-technology interaction.Turkle is the author of several critically-acclaimed books, including , , and . She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship, the Harvard Centennial

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