Just this year, I have discovered the following intellectuals and learned quite a lot from them. A lot of what you find here was inspired by one or more of those guys. Just off the top of my head :
Milo Yiannopoulos : talk about being created by your society. This guy is a direct product of the silly, stuck-up, over-PC culture that pollutes school campuses in north America. He is basically an antidote to these anti-fun thought police : he's arrogant, provocative, and generally a hellraiser and a troll. But he's also very funny, smart and articulate. If you actually take time to listen to his message and not just focus on the (ahem) "colored" vocabulary he uses, you can't see there's not a malicious bone in his body. He just gives people "tough love" as he would put it. I discovered him on the Rubin Report as he was shitting on atheists. As a hardcore atheist myself, I found his take pretty amusing and a little bit too accurate for comfort lol. Milo is also an exemplar on how to be able to take criticism of all kinds and being available for debate.
Scott Adams : the dumbest thing you can say about this guy is "B..b..but he's just a cartoonist!" He actually has an IQ high enough that he could've get a high-end career at NASA; it's just that he wanted a job he could do in his pajamas. He started Periscoping about a year ago, and his brilliant insight on the role of persuasion in politics was a beacon for me (and lots of others apparently). In part thanks to him, I understood that Trump had great chances of winning the presidency, and I saw lots of upside to that.
Jordan Peterson : that psychologist from TorontoU who made the news because he refuses to use those silly made-up pronouns. The man shows terrific untellectual courage and honesty. His level of discourse about the true causes and motivations of the SJW/PC movements is awesome. His course "Maps of meaning" is very interesting and available as a series of YT videos. Not only does he have a rock-solid mastery of his subject, he's also got style and contagious passion.
Stephan Molyneux : a canadian philosopher with a motormouth. Just the sheer quantity of stuff he puts out would be enough to be impressive. He's knowledgeable about lots of things and he's not afraid to tackle touchy issues. His stance on mens' issues and his denunciation of the excessive gynocentrism of western societies is highly needed.
Dave Cullen (Computing Forever) : a UK guy with a penchant for anti-social justice rants. His "regressive news" feature is very informative. He's a funny guy and his SJW/entitled millenial impressions are just too funny.
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