61.8% of matchups won
330 matchups
Elo 1674
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/09/27
mission: Explore culture and human rights · Literature and activism · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing60%
picked as helping wellbeing
267 matchups
71%
picked as hurting wellbeing
63 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Known for
- Wrote On Photography
- Won National Book Award
- Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
- Active in Vietnam War protests
- Directed theater in Sarajevo
Based on 330 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/27. Full rankings ·
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