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644.3x Sequioa Venture Capital
489.6x Benchmark Capital Venture Capital
193.5x Village Global Venture Capital
141.7x A16Z Venture Capital
127.7x Crypto VC Crypto
92.9x Index Ventures Venture Capital
92.1x Rust Software Engineering
91.0x Bismark Analysis Culture and Political Economy
88.3x Initialized Capital Venture Capital
81.2x Social Epistemology Culture and Political Economy
75.3x Progress Studies Culture and Political Economy
73.0x The Long Now Foundation Culture and Political Economy
71.1x Homebrew Venture Capital
67.5x IDEO Founder Collective Crypto
62.7x Zig Software Engineering
60.1x Recode Journalism
59.2x Khosla Ventures Venture Capital
56.4x My Climate Journey Venture Capital
52.1x Effective Altruism Culture and Political Economy
52.1x Founders Informal Community
51.6x Schumacher Circle Culture and Political Economy
49.2x Fair Vote Culture and Political Economy
49.1x The Information Journalism
45.7x Mercatus Center Think Tanks
45.7x Palladium Magazine Journalism
36.6x Rationality Culture and Political Economy
35.1x Accel Venture Capital
32.6x Eurasia Group Think Tanks
29.9x Sutter Hill Ventures Venture Capital
29.2x Y Combinator Venture Capital
26.2x Philosophy Twitter Science
24.7x Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) Culture and Political Economy
21.6x Crypto Infrastructure Crypto
20.1x Techcrunch Journalism
19.4x RadicalxChange Culture and Political Economy
19.2x Cosmos Crypto
18.7x The Verge Journalism
18.6x Extinction Rebellion Culture and Political Economy
16.8x Biotech Science
14.1x Asia Society Policy Institute Think Tanks
14.0x Environmental Defense Fund Culture and Political Economy
13.4x Newsmax Journalism
12.6x The Atlantic Journalism
12.3x Crypto Investing Crypto
11.6x CNBC Journalism
10.8x Bloomberg Opinion Journalism
10.6x Polkadot Crypto
10.1x Existential Risks Culture and Political Economy
9.3x Urban Institute Think Tanks
9.2x Black Lives Matter Culture and Political Economy
8.0x Heritage Foundation Think Tanks
7.7x Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Culture and Political Economy
7.5x Public Goods Funding Crypto
7.1x Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Science
6.8x EFF Culture and Political Economy
6.1x Wired Journalism
6.0x RAND Corporation Think Tanks
6.0x Financial Times Journalism
5.9x Bessemer Venture Capital
5.9x Crypto Journalists Crypto
5.7x Stat News Journalism
5.5x Decentralized Web Crypto
5.3x Ars Technica Journalism
5.1x Ethereum Crypto
5.1x The Economist Journalism
4.8x Epidimiology Twitter Science
4.7x OANN Journalism
4.7x Atlantic Council Think Tanks
4.5x Belfer Center Think Tanks
4.5x Arnold Kling's Fantasy Intellectual Teams Culture and Political Economy
4.4x Reuters Journalism
4.3x The Los Angeles Times Journalism
4.2x Anarachists Culture and Political Economy
4.0x Climate Solutions Culture and Political Economy
3.9x VICE Journalism
3.9x Ecomodernists Culture and Political Economy
3.4x Adam Smith Institute Think Tanks
3.1x Hudson Institute Think Tanks
2.8x New Yorker Journalism
2.8x Crypto Angels Crypto
2.0x Claremont Institute Culture and Political Economy
1.9x The Daily Beast Journalism
1.9x Reality-Based Community system
1.9x Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) Crypto
1.7x Degrowth Culture and Political Economy
1.7x BuzzFeed Journalism
1.6x 350.org Culture and Political Economy
1.6x Think Tanks system
1.6x Epidemiology Journalism Science
1.5x Heterodox Academy Culture and Political Economy
1.4x Peterson Institute for International Economics Think Tanks
1.3x Berggruen Institute Think Tanks
1.3x Populist Libertarians Culture and Political Economy
1.3x Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Crypto
1.3x Washington Post Journalism
1.3x Wall Street Journal Journalism
1.3x Cato Institute Think Tanks
1.0x Earth Institute Think Tanks
1.0x Baseline system
1.0x Sierra Clib Culture and Political Economy
0.9x Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Crypto
0.8x Columbia SIPA Center for Energy Policy Think Tanks
0.7x Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism Culture and Political Economy
0.6x Works in Progress Culture and Political Economy
0.6x The New York Post Journalism
0.6x Crypto Political Economy Crypto
0.6x Persuasion Community Culture and Political Economy
0.5x ClimateTwitter Science
0.4x Environmental Journalists Culture and Political Economy
0.4x Brookings Think Tanks
0.3x Harper's Open Letter Culture and Political Economy
0.3x EconTwitter Science
0.3x Hoover Institution Think Tanks
0.3x The Intercept Journalism
0.2x Center for American Progress Think Tanks
0.2x Standard Crypto Venture Capital
0.2x Niskanen Center Think Tanks
0.2x Foreign Policy Journalism
0.2x Ecosocialism Culture and Political Economy
0.2x Founders Fund Venture Capital
0.2x American Enterprise Institute Think Tanks
0.2x National Bureau of Economic Research Think Tanks
0.1x Moderate Conservatism Culture and Political Economy
0.1x The New York Times Journalism
0.1x Council on Foreign Relations Think Tanks
0.1x The Dispatch Journalism