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Edge.org

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edge.org
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Created by John Brockman
URL edge.org

Edge.org is an online magazine exploring scientific and intellectual ideas. [1] [2] [3] Its chief editor is the publisher John Brockman.

Contents

The website is produced by Edge Foundation, Inc., which was created in 1988 as an outgrowth of The Reality Club.

In 2019, BuzzFeed News reviewed Edge's IRS filings and reported that Jeffrey Epstein was "by far its largest financial donor", that "his association with Edge gave him access to leading scientists and figures in the tech industry", that he attended at least two Edge dinners in 2011 (two years after he had gone to prison for procuring a minor for prostitution), and that he was not listed by Edge among the attendees of those events. [4] [5]

The Third Culture

Echo markets The Third Culture as a movement towards reintegration of literary and scientific thinking. The name is a nod toward scientist C. P. Snow's concept of the two cultures of science and the humanities. John Brockman published a book of the same name whose themes are continued at the Edge website. Scientists and others are invited to contribute their thoughts in a manner accessible to non-specialist readers. [6]

Edge Question

Edge poses its members an annual question: [7]

Contributing authors

Carl Zimmer was also a former contributor but asked for his content to be removed after learning of the role of Jeffrey Epstein as a supporter of the foundation. [35]

References

  1. ↑ Naughton, John (8 January 2012). "John Brockman: the man who runs the world's smartest website". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Schappell, Elissa Schappell. "A Mental Spring Cleaning". Vanity Fair . Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Upbin, Brian (5 October 2011). "Forbes Is Seeking Edge Thinkers". Forbes . Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "How Jeffrey Epstein Bankrolled An Exclusive Intellectual Boys Club And Reaped The Benefits". BuzzFeed News. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  5. ↑ "In 2011, Jeffrey Epstein Was A Known Sex Offender. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, And Sergey Brin Dined With Him Anyway". BuzzFeed News. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  6. ↑ John Brockman (1995). The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution . Simon & Schuster. ISBN   0-684-82344-6.
  7. ↑ "Annual Question". www.edge.org. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  8. ↑ Brockman, John (1998). "1998: WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF?". www.edge.org. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  9. ↑ "What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?". edge.org. 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  10. ↑ What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty. Free Press, UK. 2005. ISBN   9781416522614.
  11. ↑ "What is your dangerous idea?". edge.org. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  12. ↑ What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable. Harper Perennial. 2007. ISBN   978-0-06-121495-0.
  13. ↑ "What are you optimistic about? Why?". edge.org. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  14. ↑ John Brockman, ed. (2007). What Are You Optimistic About?: Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better . HarperCollins. ISBN   978-0-06-143693-2.
  15. ↑ "What have you changed your mind about?". edge.org. 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  16. ↑ John Brockman, ed. (13 January 2009). What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything . Harper Perennial. ISBN   978-0-06-168654-2.
  17. ↑ "What Will Change Everything? What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?". edge.org. 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  18. ↑ John Brockman, ed. (2010). This Will Change Everything: Ideas That Will Shape The Future . HarperCollins. ISBN   978-0-06-189967-6.
  19. ↑ "How has the Internet changed the way you think?". edge.org. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  20. 1 2 Is the Internet changing the way you think? : the net's impact on our minds and future . Brockman, John, 1941-, Edge.org. (1st ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. 2011. ISBN   9780062020444. OCLC   641534355.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. ↑ "What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's Cognitive Toolkit?". edge.org. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  22. ↑ "What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?". edge.org. 2012.
  23. ↑ This explains everything : deep, beautiful, and elegant theories of how the world works. Brockman, John, 1941- (1st ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. 2013. ISBN   9780062230171. OCLC   795758008.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  24. ↑ "What should we be worried about?". edge.org. 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  25. ↑ What should we be worried about? : real scenarios that keep scientists up at night . Brockman, John, 1941-, Edge.org. (First ed.). New York, NY. 2014. ISBN   9780062296238. OCLC   849787401.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  26. ↑ "What scientific idea is ready for retirement?". edge.org. 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  27. ↑ This idea must die : scientific ideas that are blocking progress. Brockman, John, 1941- (First ed.). New York. 17 February 2015. ISBN   9780062374349. OCLC   881042113.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  28. ↑ "What Do You Think About Machines that Think?". edge.org. 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  29. ↑ What to think about machines that think : today's leading thinkers on the age of machine intelligence. Brockman, John, 1941- (First ed.). New York. 6 October 2015. ISBN   9780062425652. OCLC   922877862.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  30. ↑ "WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST INTERESTING RECENT [SCIENTIFIC] NEWS? WHAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT? | Edge.org". www.edge.org. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  31. ↑ Know this : today's most interesting and important scientific ideas, discoveries, and developments. Brockman, John, 1941- (First ed.). New York, NY. 7 February 2017. ISBN   9780062562067. OCLC   964787935.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  32. ↑ "2017: What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known?". edge.org. 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  33. ↑ This idea is brilliant : lost, overlooked, and underappreciated scientific concepts everyone should know. Brockman, John, 1941- (First ed.). New York. 16 January 2018. ISBN   9780062698216. OCLC   1019711625.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  34. ↑ "2018: What is the last question?". edge.org. 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  35. ↑ "How Jeffrey Epstein Bankrolled An Exclusive Intellectual Boys Club And Reaped The Benefits". BuzzFeed News. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
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