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Dylan Evans

Behavioural scientist, CEO of risk intelligence company Projection Point, and one of the Independent’s twenty best young writers in Britain

Dylan Evans is a behavioural scientist, is CEO of risk intelligence company Projection Point and is among The Independent's twenty best young writers in Britain. The Guardian described him as 'Alain de Botton in a lab coat'.

Dylan Evans is a behavioural scientist, is CEO of risk intelligence company Projection Point and is among The Independent's twenty best young writers in Britain. The Guardian described him as 'Alain de Botton in a lab coat'.

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