49.2% of matchups won
1,109 matchups
Elo 1576
tracked 2025/05/26 → 2025/08/07
mission: Promote nonviolent action globally · Nonviolent resistance · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing44%
picked as helping wellbeing
815 matchups
64%
picked as hurting wellbeing
294 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
Similar people
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Noam Chomsky
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61.4% wins · American linguist and activist (born 1928)
02
John Rawls
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64.8% wins · American political philosopher (1921–2002)
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Susan George
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56.8% wins · American and French political and social scientist, activist and...
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A. C. Grayling
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44.9% wins · English philosopher
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Angela Davis
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56.6% wins · American political activist, scholar, and author
Known for
- Founded Albert Einstein Institution
- Authored From Dictatorship to Democracy
- Received Right Livelihood Award
- Influenced Arab Spring movements
- Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Based on 1,109 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2025/08/07. Full rankings ·
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