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n nDrawing from the horizons of science, todays leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking about--and expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by.n nWhat should we be worried about? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org (The worlds smartest website--The Guardian), posed to the planets most influential minds. He asked them to disclose something that, for scientific reasons, worries them--particularly scenarios that arent on the popular radar yet. Encompassing neuroscience, economics, philosophy, physics, psychology, biology, and more--here are 150 ideas that will revolutionize your understanding of the world.n nSteven Pinker uncovers the real risk factors for war ● Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi peers into the coming virtual abyss ● Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek laments our squandered opportunities to prevent global catastrophe ● Seth Lloyd calculates the threat of a financial black hole ● Alison Gopnik on the loss of childhood ● Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains why firefighters understand risk far better than economic experts ● Matt Ridley on the alarming re-emergence of superstition ● Daniel C. Dennett and george dyson ponder the impact of a major breakdown of the Internet ● Jennifer Jacquet fears human-induced damage to the planet due to the Anthropocebo Effect ● Douglas Rushkoff fears humanity is losing its soul ● Nicholas Carr on the patience deficit ● Tim OReilly foresees a coming new Dark Age ● Scott Atran on the homogenization of human experience ● Sherry Turkle explores whats lost when kids are constantly connected ● Kevin Kelly outlines the looming underpopulation bomb ● Helen Fisher on the fate of men ● Lawrence Krauss dreads what we dont know about the universe ● Susan Blackmore on the loss of manual skills ● Kate Jeffery on the death of death ● plus J. Craig Venter, Daniel Goleman, Virginia Heffernan, Sam Harris, Brian Eno, Martin Rees, and moren
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