Carl T. Bergstrom is a Professor of Biology at the University of Washington and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, best known for co-creating the wildly popular 'Calling Bullshit' course and book with Jevin West. A theoretical evolutionary biologist by training, Bergstrom pivoted from studying how information flows through genomes to exposing how misinformation flows through society - developing the Eigenfactor journal-ranking system, writing textbooks on evolution, and most recently launching a free 18-lesson AI literacy course already adopted at 130 universities. Part scientist, part data detective, part corvid photographer, he is one of the most prominent voices arguing that skepticism is a civic virtue in a data-saturated world.
Katie Harbath is the founder and CEO of Anchor Change and Chief Global Affairs Officer at Duco Experts, widely known as the 'election whisperer to the tech industry' (Foreign Policy). After a decade at Facebook building the global elections policy team from scratch - eventually managing 60 people across 40+ countries - she left in 2021 to launch her own consulting firm and newsletter. Her weekly Substack 'Anchor Change' and podcast help readers and clients navigate the chaos at the intersection of technology, politics, and democracy, guided by her signature philosophy: panic responsibly.