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Over 150 of the worlds leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas strategies and arguments that will help all of us understand our world and its future better. Includes contributions from: Richard Dawkins Stephen Pinker Daniel Dennett Clay Shirky Daniel Goleman Sam Harris Lee Smolin Matt Ridley Mark Henderson David Rowan Sir Martin Rees Craig Venter Brian Eno Jaron Lanier and David Brooks...among others. With his organisation Edge.org the literary agent and all-purpose intellectual impresario John Brockman has brought together the most influential thinkers of our age. Every year he sets them a question this year that question was: What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybodys Cognitive Toolkit? Their answers are collected in this book and explore philosophy
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Over 150 of the worlds leading scientists & thinkers offer their choice of the ideas strategies & arguments that will help all of us understand our world & its future better.

Includes:: contributions from: Richard Dawkins Stephen Pinker Daniel Dennett Clay Shirky Daniel Goleman Sam Harris Lee Smolin Matt Ridley Mark Henderson David Rowan Sir Martin Rees Craig Venter Brian Eno Jaron Lanier & David Brooks...among others. With his organisation Edge.org the literary agent & all-purpose intellectual impresario John Brockman has brought together the most influential thinkers of our age. Every year he sets them a question this year that question was: What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybodys Cognitive Toolkit? Their answers are collected in this book & explore philosophy psychology economics & other disciplines
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