From: John Brockman <~lEIMI> To: Richard Dawkins < 1~>, "Daniel C. Dennett" <Daniel.Dennett ufts.edu>, Jared Diamond <diamond .ucla.edu> , Daniel Kahneman Eric Kandel Jerry Coyne , Brian Greene , Janna Levin Simon Baron-Cohen , David Deutsch <[email protected]>, "W. Daniel Hillis" <Richard.Thale chicagobooth.edu>, Clay Shirk , Nassim Nicholas Taleb ,John Tooby Vilayanur Ramac hand r all , Eva Wisten Andrian Kreyc Elaine Pagel, David Gelernter Church Lewis Wol Jacquet Safra/Doumanian" Steffi ert Doumanian Rodney Brooks Cosmides <cosmides McEwan Haidt Patel eo Steven Pinker Anne Treisman Sam Harris Martin Rees Frank Wilczek , Nicholas Humphrey Trac Day , Jeffrey Epstein Richard Thaler Nicholas Carr , George "Michael S. Gazzaniga" , Tim O'Reill Jennifer "J.E. Czerny Jean Leda William ,Jonathan , Mark , "Lawrence M. Krauss" Sendhil Mullainathan , Helen Fisher Craig Venter June Cohen her Anderson , "Heather E. Kowalski" Jason Wishnow , Freeman Dyson Subject: Observer: The Man Who Runs The World's Smartest Website (Sunday, January 8th) Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:16:24 +0000 Attachments: The_New_Review.page1.pdf; The_New_Review.page12.pdf; The_New_Review.page13.pdf; The_New_Review.page14.pdf; The_New_Review.page15.pdf e Brian Eno Mary Evers , Xeni Jardin Christo The Guardian/Observer THE NEW REVIEW Sunday, January 8, 2012 THE MAN WHO RUNS THE WORLD'S SMARTEST WEBSITE Since the mid-1960s John Brockman has been at the cutting edge of ideas. He is a passionate advocate of both science and the arts, and his website Edge is a salon for the world's finest minds John Naughton To say that John Brockman is a literary agent is like saying that David Hockney is a photographer. For while it's true that Hockney has indeed made astonishingly creative use of photography, and Brockman is indeed a successful literary agent who represents an enviable stable of high-profile scientists and communicators, in both cases the description rather understates the reality. More accurate ways of describing Brockman would be to say Jaron Lanier s ch.ucsb.edu>, Martin Nowak , David Brooks Rosie Williams PZ M ers EFTA00877601 that he is a "cultural impresario" or, as his friend Stewart Brand puts it, an "intellectual enzyme". (Brand goes on helpfully to explain that an enzyme is "a biological catalyst — an adroit enabler of otherwise impossible things".) PDFs (with photographs) below - click on images to read Guardian Online: http://www.guardian.co.ulthechnology/2012/jan/08/john-brocicman-edge-interview-john- naughton?newsfeed=true EFTA00877602