<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>Ian Osborne &lt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:
To:</td><td>Wednesday, March 21, 2012 5:57 PM
John Brockman</td></tr><tr><td>Cc:</td><td>Jeffrey Epstein</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: Edge event in London in April</td></tr></table>

John,



It was a pleasure to see you again at Jeffrey's. I am glad that we share =ommon views on subjects from to the modern-day TED.

Many thanks for the kind invitation. I would be delighted to be part of =he Edge community. A number of people have mentioned it to me from =effrey to Sean. The latter was in particular raving about a gathering =ou did last summer in California - he definitely had a great time and =or Sean, who is not always 100% focused, his was high praise indeed.

Yes, please let me know about London. I am just finalising my schedule =ut will be in town for at least part of that time.

Best wishes,

Ian

On 18 Mar 2012, at 17:26, John Brockman wrote:

> Dear Ian,

>

> Nice to see you at Jeffrey's house last week. It occurs to me that =iven the various connections you might be interested in being part of =he very loosely affiliated Edge community which is run under my =onprofit Edge Foundation, Inc.

>

> I can send you endless superlative blurbs about Edge.org: "The World's =martest Website" (Guardian); "The Best virtual university in the word =Arts & Letters Daily); "An epicenter of bleeding-edge insight across =cience, technology and beyond, hosting conversations with some of our =ra's greatest thinkers" (Atlantic). "Open-minded, free ranging, =ntellectually playful ... an unadorned pleasure in curiosity, a =ollective expression of wonder at the living and inanimate world ... an =ngoing and thrilling colloquium."— Ian McEwan, "The Telegraph")

>

> But I rest my case with the following from "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" re =ur mutual friend Sean Parker:

>

"Parker's arrogance is legendary. But in front of Brockman he has =espect. 'Edge is the only thing I read, when I read anything,' Parker =aid, smiling awkwardly. Brockman did not respond to the compliment, but =t was not meant as a compliment. Rather it was as meant as recognition =f the pecking order of those involved in the great debate about how our =ives and our society are changing due to the breath-taking speed in the =evelopment of digital technology and the natural sciences. =http://edge.org/conversation/the-roots-of-digital-thinking-nbsp%5Bdie-wur=eln-des-digitalen-denkens%5D)

>

In this regard I would like to put you on our private mail list (2 or = a month - see email that follows). In addition, we run private Master =lassed =http://edge.org/event/master-classes/the-edge-master-class-2007-a-short-c=urse-in-thinking-about-thinking) and the annual billionaires dinner

=http://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html). And here's =ore than you could possibly want to know about me, but all of it is =nteresting (http://edge.org/memberbio/john_brockman).

>

> We'll be in London Ap11-18 and I am organizing a couple of evenings. =ill you be around?
>
> Best,
>
> JB
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