Steven Pinker
Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience Michael S. Gazzaniga Ecco/An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2015) “His wit and joie de vivre showed generations of students and colleagues the human face of science.” Steven Pinker Most…
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What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Edited by John Brockman Harper Perennial (2007) “Yesterday’s dangerous idea is today’s orthodoxy and tomorrow’s cliché.” — Richard Dawkins According to founder and editor, John Brockman, the Edge Question was first posed in 1998: “What…
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There are dozens of reasons why you need to know about Edge.org. Here are three: 1. I know of no other single online resource that offers more content of superior quality and greater intellectual value than does Edge.org. 2. Its associates are among the…
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Here is an introduction by Richard Dawkins to a video conversation in which he and Napoleon Chagnon, Steven Pinker, Richard Wrangham, Daniel C. Dennett, and David Haig participate. To watch the video and check out other resources at Edge.org, please…
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This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works John Brockman, Editor Harper Perennial (2013) How and why “deep, beautiful, and elegant theories of how the world works” can nourish and enlighten our lives Many of those who purchase and then begin…
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This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking John Brockman, Editor Harper Perennial/HarperCollins (2012) Here are dozens of perspectives on what are, for most people, new scientific concepts for self-improvement Edge.org is a website offering an abundance of…
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50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2006) An excellent guide to sources that can help us to “make a real difference” in…
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The epiphany problem
Here is an excerpt from the latest edition of Tom Butler-Bowdon‘s newsletter in which he shares his thoughts — and others’ thoughts – about what he characterizes as “The epiphany problem.” Other subjects addressed in this edition include o “Purpose…
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