Today I am highlighting the amazing @Kasparov63 who was kind enough to blurb How to Decide. Garry, of course, is a chess grandmaster and former world champion in the game. But he is also a fierce advocate for human rights and liberal democracy. 1/8

. @Kasparov63 is the chairman of The Human Rights Foundation, an organization that promotes human rights and freedom around the world. @HRF also produces the Oslo Freedom Forum @OsloFF, an event series that puts human rights at the top of the global agenda. 2/8

Garry is also the chairman of @Renew_Democracy. RDI is dedicated to advancing the values of constitutional democracy, bringing together people from both the right and the left who believe in the cause. I am lucky to be a member of the board of this incredible organization. 3/8

On October 15th, @Renew_Democracy will be hosting an exclusive conversation with @AVindman, @Kasparav63, and @AnneApplebaum on the topic: Is Democracy Dying? You can register for this amazing event here: https://rdi.org/events/2020/9/24/how-does-democracy-die-vindman-event/

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. @Kasparov63 is also a prolific author. He wrote Winter is Coming, a prescient book on the dangers of Vladimir Putin and the stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship-and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen. 5/8 https://www.amazon.com/Winter-Coming-Vladimir-Enemies-Stopped/dp/1610397193/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=Kasparov&qid=1601519898&s=books&sr=1-7

Garry is also the author of Deep Thinking, a book that recounts the history of machine learning through the lens of chess. Of course, many will remember @kasparov63 battling deep blue. This book tells his side of the story. 6/8 https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Thinking-Machine-Intelligence-Creativity-dp-1541773640/dp/1541773640/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

Garry has, of course, also written many books on chess. If you want to go deep on the topic, these are a must read. 7/8

I am so grateful to Garry for his dedicated and fierce leadership in defending human rights and democracy. He is one of a kind. 8/8