Contributions from: Patricia Churchland, Philip Goff, Terrence Sejnowski, Andrian Kreye, Gerd Gigerenzer, Brian Christian, Michael Gazzaniga, Sabine Hossenfelder, Randolph Nesse, Jared Diamond, John Naughton, Scott Atran, Julian Barbour, Susan Blackmore, Steven Pinker, Daniel C. Dennett, John C. Mather, John Markoff, David J. Anderson, Annaka Harris,...
Aug 2022
[EDITOR'S NOTE: In marking this year's 25th anniversary of Edge, we are presenting original lectures from eminent scientists and other thinkers in the empirical world who are changing the way we think about science and our place in the world.] "People don't change their minds." —Daniel Kahneman DANIEL KAHNEMAN is the...
Feb 2022
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 1934–2021 The work that I'm best known for is flow theory and the studies of flow experience. People have applied the studies all over the world, and it has influenced many schools, factories, offices, and even political systems. If I were to try to go back to the origins of the theory, I would say that it probably started...
Nov 2021
A Conversation withMihaly Csikszentmihalyi[8.1.04] The work that I'm best known for is flow theory and the studies of flow experience. People have applied the studies all over the world, and it has influenced many schools, factories, offices, and even political systems. If I were to try to go back to the origins of the theory, I would say that...
Nov 2021
GAIA IS A TOUGH BITCHA Conversation with Lynn Margulis[November 2011] How did the eukaryotic cell appear? Probably it was an invasion of predators, at the outset. It may have started when one sort of squirming bacterium invaded another—seeking food, of course. But certain invasions evolved into truces; associations once ferocious became benign. When...
Jun 2021
Frank Wilczek[5.18.21] It came to me, viscerally, that the intricate calculations I’d done using pen and paper (and wastebasket) might somehow describe this entirely different realm of existence—namely, a physical world of particles, tracks, and electronic signals, created by the kind of machinery I was looking at. There was no need to choose, as...
May 2021
Patricia S. Churchland[4.28.21] During my first neuroanatomy lecture, the patient presented to us was a former dean of the medical school who had suffered a small brainstem stroke. As he started to identify the stroke location, the former dean suddenly began to sob piteously. Deeply concerned, we waited in utter stillness a long minute until, abruptly,...
Apr 2021
Mary Catherine Bateson[1.18.21]Mary Catherine Bateson 1939-2021 Introductionby John Brockman From the early days of Edge, Catherine Bateson was the gift that kept giving. Beginning in 1998, with her response to “What Questions Are You Asking Yourself?” through “The Last Question” in 2018, she exemplified the role of the Third Culture intellectual:...
Jan 2021
Happy New Year from Edge [ Click for Slideshow ]
Jan 2021
Interview withJennifer Jacquet[1.13.21] © Hannah McKay / Reuters Jennifer Jacquet: "Shame can lead to real change right now" Many Americans publicly express their shame about the events at the Capitol. Researcher Jennifer Jacquet explains why this feeling can advance the country. Interview: Carla Baum JANUARY 13, 2021 After the storm on the...
Jan 2021
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