Contributors

Our Writers

Meet the thinkers, essayists, and commentators engaging with the most important questions of our time.

Shannon Chamberlain

Shannon Chamberlain

Award-winning author Shannon Chamberlain’s book, ‘A Murder Most Un-Canadian’, will be released in February, with five more titles in the series to follow.

Dr. Kem-Laurin Lubin

Dr. Kem-Laurin Lubin

Kem-Laurin Lubin specializes in computational rhetoric, with a focus on the intersection of emerging technologies, human agency, and the societal implications of artificial intelligence and data-driven systems. She will be the Keynote Speaker at the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Congress, 2026.

Benjamin Scott

Benjamin Scott

Benjamin Scott is the assistant lab director at St. John’s College. He is an interdisciplinarian, combining complexity theory, philosophy of technology, and Darwinian evolutionary theory to make sense of technology’s role in human life.

Abram Klaassen

Abram Klaassen

Abram Klaassen is a standout stand-up comedian and sanguine Substacker. He mixes philosophy and the classical tradition with a deep introspection, a love of irony, and a rare humility in a student of philosophy.

James Hartree

James Hartree

James Hartree is the Director of the Institute for Classical Dialogue, and the publisher of the Better Argument magazine. James’ focus is bringing philosophy and the classical tradition to underserved teenagers in New Mexico, and promoting the use of philosophy to interpret the transformations taking place in the world today.

Jack Schaaf

Jack Schaaf

Jack Schaaf is the editor of the Better Argument magazine. His writing has appeared in various publications, where he also serves as an editor. In his free time, he enjoys being a devoted student of life.