Julia Galef (born 4 July 1983) is an American writer. She is the co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) the host of the Rationally Speaking podcast, and the author of The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t .

Background

Galef studied statistics at Columbia University. After completing her studies, she worked as a freelance journalist for a variety of publications,^[1] and launched the Rationally Speaking podcast in 2010. In 2012, she co-founded the Center for Applied Rationality,^[2] and served as that organization's president until 2016.^[3] Her first book, The Scout Mindset, was published in 2021.^[4]

The organization 80,000 Hours has cited Galef as an example of a highly successful career in advocacy for improved institutional decision-making.^[5]