39.9% of matchups won
276 matchups
Elo 1397
tracked 2025/05/29 → 2026/10/16
mission: Critique capitalism and culture · Cultural theory and philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing40%
picked as helping wellbeing
241 matchups
40%
picked as hurting wellbeing
35 matchups
People are split on it.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
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Nick Land
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36.4% wins · British philosopher
02
Walter Benjamin
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39.8% wins · German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
03
Ken Fisher
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41.2% wins · American investment adviser & analyst
04
Jean Baudrillard
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22.0% wins · French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist
05
Michel Foucault
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43.6% wins · French philosopher (1926–1984)
Known for
- Capitalist Realism
- Popular k-punk blog
- Co-founder of Zero Books
- Ghosts of My Life
- The Weird and the Eerie
Based on 276 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/16. Full rankings ·
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