The ArmChair Collective
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770
Articles
288
Authors
4,847
Reviews
682k
Total reads
Featured

Most-read contributors

Ranked by reads in the last 30 days
Most read Srinath Rao P Witness
29 Reads 22 Pieces 3.6 Rating 4.1 Theel Score
Acad
Center Left
Indic
Moderate Modern
Read Srinath →
Highest Theel Score Shruti Sinha Social Reformer
0 Reads 1 Pieces — Rating 4.8 Theel Score
Acad
Substantial Left
Indic
Substantial Modern
Read Shruti →
Best rated Kaamesh Singam Self Scientist
8 Reads 2 Pieces 5.0 Rating 4.1 Theel Score
Acad
Center
Indic
Moderate Modern
Read Kaamesh →
All 288 authors

Where our authors stand

Each dot is one author. Explore politics and tradition on the Lens plane, or narrative and rigor on the Theel plane.
286 of 288 authors plotted
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Every writer on both scales

All writers who published on ArmChair are here. Browse through the archetypes and know their work better.
Archetypes
All archetypes
AcadCenter Left
IndicModerate Modern
286
Writers
705
Pieces
659k
Reads
4.2
Rating
Medians across every archetype. Click one below to trace it.
Dot size
Both lenses at once
Each dot is one author: politics left to right, ground bottom to top.
Left · Modern 219 Right · Modern 59 Left · Dharmic 5 Right · Dharmic 3
Modern → Indic ← Dharmic Left · Modern Right · Modern Left · Dharmic Right · Dharmic
Median of all
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← LeftAcademicRight →
2 of 288 writers are not placed yet: a writer is placed once both lenses have a published reading.
The ArmChair Collective

Authors

Every writer, plotted on the Lens and Theel planes. Choose a view to explore their work.
Counting all writers
The plane tap a region
MODERN DHARMIC LEFT RIGHT
288
Authors
770
Pieces
682k
Total reads
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