All Conversations | Edge.org (2025)

	Title
	CULTURE Composers as Gardeners Brian Eno [11.10.11]
	TECHNOLOGY Code Is Law Frank Schirrmacher [11.7.11]Introduction by: John Brockman Contributor(s): Nicholas G. Carr, Clay Shirky, Douglas Rushkoff, John Markoff, Evgeny Morozov Mentioned: Nicholas G. Carr, George Dyson, John Markoff, Evgeny Morozov, Clay Shirky
	TECHNOLOGY Digital Light An Edge Conversation with Alvy Ray Smith [10.29.11]
	CULTURE On the Science of Cooking An Edge Conversation with Nathan Myhrvold [10.25.11]Introduction by: W. Daniel Hillis Mentioned: W. Daniel Hillis
	CULTURE Information Gardens Brian Eno, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Mark Pagel, Jennifer Jacquet, John Brockman [10.16.11]Introduction by: John Brockman Mentioned: Brian Eno, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Mark Pagel, Jennifer Jacquet, John Brockman
	MIND The Architecture of MotivationEdgeMaster Class 2011 Leda Cosmides [10.5.11] Mentioned: Daniel Kahneman, Elaine Pagels, Michael Gazzaniga, Martin Nowak, Steven Pinker
	CULTURE A History of Violence:Edge Master Class 2011 Steven Pinker [9.27.11] Mentioned: Daniel Kahneman, Elaine Pagels, Michael Gazzaniga, Martin Nowak, Leda Cosmides
	LIFE The Evolution of CooperationEdge Master Class 2011 Martin Nowak [9.19.11] Mentioned: Daniel Kahneman, Elaine Pagels, Michael Gazzaniga, Leda Cosmides, Steven Pinker
	CULTURE Review: The Atlantic on THE BEST OF EDGE John Brockman [9.15.11]
	MIND THE MARVELS AND THE FLAWS OF INTUITIVE THINKING: Edge Master Class 2011 Daniel Kahneman [9.12.11] Mentioned: Elaine Pagels, Michael Gazzaniga, Martin Nowak, Leda Cosmides, Steven Pinker
	CULTURE New Books from Edge John Brockman [9.12.11]
	CULTURE Sci Foo 2011 Googleplex, Mountain View, California — August 12-14, 2011 Frank Wilczek, Jennifer Jacquet, Timo Hannay [9.11.11]Introduction by: John Brockman Contributor(s): Timo Hannay, Jennifer Jacquet, Frank Wilczek
	CULTURE The Local-Global Flip, or, "The Lanier Effect" A Conversation with Jaron Lanier [8.29.11] Contributor(s): Douglas Rushkoff
	UNIVERSE Next Step Infinity By Anthony Aguirre [8.9.11]
	CULTURE Photos John Brockman [7.31.11] Mentioned: Stewart Brand, George Dyson, Jaron Lanier, Eva Wisten, Jennifer Jacquet, Max Brockman, John Brockman, Benedict Carey, Greg Miller
	LIFE To Err Is Primate Laurie R. Santos [7.27.11]Introduction by: Paul Bloom Mentioned: Paul Bloom
	LIFE Molecular Cut and Paste The New Generation of Molecular Tools William McEwan [7.21.11]Introduction by: Nathan Wolfe Mentioned: Nathan Wolfe
	CULTURE THE BOOK OF REVELATION: PROPHECY AND POLITICS EDGE MASTER CLASS 2011 Elaine Pagels [7.17.11] Mentioned: Daniel Kahneman, Michael Gazzaniga, Martin Nowak, Leda Cosmides, Steven Pinker
	MIND NEUROSCIENCE AND JUSTICE EDGE MASTER CLASS 2011 Michael Gazzaniga [7.16.11] Mentioned: Daniel Kahneman, Elaine Pagels, Martin Nowak, Leda Cosmides, Steven Pinker
	CULTURE What's New In Human Nature?Edge Master Class 2011 John Brockman, Daniel Kahneman, Elaine Pagels, Michael Gazzaniga, Martin Nowak, Leda Cosmides [7.15.11]
	CULTURE Is Shame Necessary? Jennifer Jacquet [7.13.11] Contributor(s): Armand Marie Leroi, W. Daniel Hillis, Jennifer Jacquet
	CULTURE Edge @ DLD John Brockman [7.13.11] Mentioned: Stewart Brand, George Dyson, Kevin Kelly, Andrian Kreye, Hubert Burda
	CULTURE Preface of Future Science Max Brockman [7.7.11]
	CULTURE Why Rejection Hurts By Naomi Eisenberger [7.6.11]
	CULTURE Future Science Essays From The Cutting EdgeEdited by Max Brockman [7.3.11]
	MIND Insight A Conversation with Gary Klein [7.2.11]
	CULTURE Future Science Essays From the Cutting EdgeEdited by Max Brockman [7.1.11]
	MIND The Social Psychological Narrative, or, What Is Social Psychology, Anyway? A Conversation With Timothy D. Wilson [6.7.11] Contributor(s): Steven Pinker, Hugo Mercier, Timothy D. Wilson, Daniel Gilbert, Steven Pinker
	CULTURE Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads II A Talk by Chris Dercon [6.6.11]Introduction by: John Brockman
	UNIVERSE WHY CITIES KEEP GROWING, CORPORATIONS AND PEOPLE ALWAYS DIE, AND LIFE GETS FASTER A Conversation With Geoffrey West [5.23.11] Contributor(s): Richard Saul Wurman, Emanuel Derman, Jennifer Jacquet
	CULTURE In The News Edge Editor [5.16.11]
	CULTURE Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads Sculpture by Ai Weiwei [5.11.11]
	MIND The Argumentative Theory A Conversation with Hugo Mercier [4.27.11]Introduction by: John Brockman Mentioned: Dan Sperber
	CULTURE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART—; ACCESS TO TOOLS: PUBLICATIONS FROM THE WHOLE EARTH CATALOG 1968-1974 Stewart Brand [4.25.11]Introduction by: John Brockman
	UNIVERSE WHEN WE CANNOT PREDICT An Edge Special Event! Bruce Parker [3.25.11]Introduction by: John Brockman Contributor(s): Mary Catherine Bateson, Douglas T. Kenrick, Douglas Rushkoff, Roger Schank, Rodney A. Brooks, Ed Regis, Gregory Paul, Steven Pinker, James J. O'Donnell, J. Doyne Farmer
	LIFE WHO IS THE GREATEST BIOLOGIST OF ALL TIME? A Talk With Armand Marie Leroi [3.11.11] Contributor(s): Richard Dawkins, Stewart Brand, George Dyson, John Brockman
	CULTURE The Roots Of Digital Thinking John Brockman, Net Avantgardist, Purveyor of Knowledge, Literary Agent and Founder of Edge Turns 70By Andrian Kreye [2.16.11]
	MIND THE BRIGHT FUTURE OF POST-PARTISAN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY A Talk By Jonathan Haidt [2.11.11] Contributor(s): Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Gilbert, Steven J. Heine, Alison Gopnik, David Pizarro, Lee Jussim, Roy Baumeister, Jennifer Jacquet, John Jost, David Dunning, Mark R. Leary, Paul Bloom, Jonathan Haidt
	CULTURE Edge@DLD \| An Edge Conversation in Munich Introduction by Andrian Kreye John Brockman, Stewart Brand, George Dyson, Kevin Kelly [1.24.11] Contributor(s): George Dyson, John Brockman, Kevin Kelly, John Brockman, Stewart Brand, John Brockman
	UNIVERSE IN MEMORY OF BENOIT MANDELBROT: 1924 - 2010 A talk with Benoit Mandelbrot [12.19.10] Contributor(s): Dimitar D. Sasselov, George Dyson, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Benoit Mandelbrot Mentioned: Benoit Mandelbrot
	TECHNOLOGY WHO GETS TO KEEP SECRETS?Hillis's Question: An EdgeSpecial Event! W. Daniel Hillis [12.5.10] Contributor(s): W. Daniel Hillis, Clay Shirky, Francesco DePretis, Emanuel Derman, John Markoff, Dave Winer, Nathan Myhrvold, Nicholas G. Carr, Evgeny Morozov, Esther Dyson, David Gelernter, W. Daniel Hillis, Nathan Myhrvold, Dave Winer, Esther Dyson, Daniel C. Dennett, Nathan Myhrvold, John Markoff, Daniel Kahneman, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, David Gelernter, David Berreby, Dave Winer, Juan C. Zarate, Donald D. Hoffman, Jennifer Jacquet, Ross Anderson, Lee Smolin, James J. O'Donnell, Marc Rotenberg, Andrian Kreye, Simona Morini, George Dyson, Douglas Rushkoff, Noga Arikha, George Church, Gloria Origgi, Clay Shirky, Aalam Wassef Mentioned: Jonathan Haidt, Simone Schnall
	MIND A SENSE OF CLEANLINESS A Talk with Simone Schnall [12.5.10]
	CULTURE A PRIMER OF THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO FOLLOW THE FINANCIAL NEWS By Jeremy Bernstein [12.1.10]
	CULTURE By Emanuel Derman [11.30.10]Introduction by: John Brockman
	MIND THALER'S QUESTION An Edge Special Event! Richard H. Thaler [11.23.10] Contributor(s): Paul Kedrosky, Marcel Kinsbourne, Garniss Curtis, Eduardo Salcedo-Albaran, George Lakoff, Michael Shermer, Zenon Pylyshyn, David Berreby, Timothy Taylor, Mark Pagel, George Dyson, Alison Gopnik, Gregory Paul, Gino Segre, Marti Hearst, Lee Smolin, Nicholas G. Carr, Susan Blackmore, Jordan Pollack, Judith Rich Harris, Robert Shapiro, Milford H. Wolpoff, Charles Seife, Emanuel Derman, Rupert Sheldrake, Scott Atran, Juan Enriquez, Jonathan Haidt, Geoffrey Carr, James J. O'Donnell, Eric R. Weinstein, Gregory Cochran, Gary Klein, Roger Schank, Clay Shirky, Matthew Ritchie, Jeremy Bernstein, Joan Chiao, Frank Tipler, Robert Trivers, Ed Regis, Howard Gardner, Lewis Wolpert, Robert Kurzban, James Croak, Ross Anderson, Simona Morini, Christian Keysers, Eric Topol, César Hidalgo, Lawrence M. Krauss, Nathan Myhrvold, Charles Simonyi, John H. Holland, Irene Pepperberg, Alun Anderson, Haim Harari, Peter Schwartz, Antony Garrett Lisi, Neil Shubin
	CULTURE Serpentine Gallery ~ Edge: Map Marathon Maps for the 21st Centurycurated by Hans Ulrich Obrist [10.12.10] Mentioned: Alexander Vilenkin, Alison Gopnik, Alun Anderson, Anton Zeilinger, Bart Kosko, Benoit Mandelbrot, Brian Eno, Carlo Rovelli, Chris DiBona, Daniel Gilbert, Daniel Kahneman, Daniel L. Everett, Dan Sperber, David Deutsch, David Gelernter, David G. Myers, Dean Kamen, Dimitar D. Sasselov, Donald D. Hoffman, Douglas Rushkoff, Drew Endy, Eduardo Punset, Ernst Pöppel, Freeman Dyson, Geoffrey Miller, George Church, George Dyson, George Smoot, Gerald Holton, Gino Segre, Gregory Benford, Howard Gardner, Irene Pepperberg, Janna Levin, John Gottman, John Horgan, John Tooby, Jonathan Haidt, Jordan Pollack, Joshua D. Greene, Judith Rich Harris, J. Craig Venter, J. Doyne Farmer, Kai Krause, Keith Devlin, Kevin Kelly, Lawrence M. Krauss, Leda Cosmides, Leonard Susskind, Linda Stone, Lisa Randall, Mahzarin Banaji, Marcelo Gleiser, Marcy Kahan, John Baldessari, Maria Spiropulu, Mark Pagel, Martin Rees, Marvin Minsky, Matt Ridley, Max Tegmark, Michael Shermer, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Neil Gershenfeld, Neil Shubin, Nicholas Humphrey, Oliver Morton, Paul Bloom, Paul Davies, P Z Myers, Ray Kurzweil, Richard Dawkins, Richard Foreman, Rodney A. Brooks, Rudy Rucker, Samuel Barondes, Scott Atran, Sean Carroll, Seth Lloyd, Shing-Tung Yau, Simon Baron-Cohen, Steve Giddings, Stewart Brand, Susan Blackmore, Timothy Taylor, Tor Nørretranders, William Poundstone, W. Daniel Hillis, Xeni Jardin
	MIND A New Science of Morality, Part 7 Elizabeth Phelps [9.17.10] Mentioned: Paul Bloom, Joshua D. Greene, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, David Pizarro, Joshua Knobe, Roy Baumeister
	MIND The New Science of Morality, Part 8 Joshua Knobe [9.17.10] Mentioned: Paul Bloom, Joshua D. Greene, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, David Pizarro, Roy Baumeister, Elizabeth Phelps
	MIND A New Science of Morality, Part 1 Jonathan Haidt [9.17.10] Mentioned: Paul Bloom, Joshua D. Greene, Sam Harris, David Pizarro, Joshua Knobe, Roy Baumeister, Elizabeth Phelps
	MIND A New Science of Morality, Part 2 Joshua D. Greene [9.17.10] Mentioned: Paul Bloom, Joshua D. Greene, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, David Pizarro, Joshua Knobe, Roy Baumeister, Elizabeth Phelps

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