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a few different and possibly useful categories of idea-expressers

September 2nd, 2021 | 1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Here is a list roughly in ascending order of how much attention I think these different sorts of people who express their ideas deserve. You, of course, have every right to engage with ideas and the people who express them however you wish, but I will say that if you don’t have anyone from categories 7-9 on your bookshelf, feed, or coffee table you will find your own capacity for thinking and engaging contract to a very small size. I reserve the right to expand or contract this list in response to comments.

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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press. You can learn more about his work and writing at www.matthewandmaggie.org.

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