<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>John Brockman .O</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Thursday, December 15, 2011 2:57 AM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>jeffrey epstein</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: The Edge Annual Question 2012 - Invitation (Confidential)</td></tr></table>

Keep it coming. JB

On Dec 14, 2011, at 3:47 PM, jeffrey epstein wrote:

Mathematics ideals are universal truths , biology is intrinsically based in deception . Predators in search of free energy , would be able to decipher and consume , if it weren't couched in a multi layered encrypted form . Even self deception acts as a defensive strategy. More later
Sorry for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 14, 2011, at 3:05 PM, John Brockman <  > wrote:

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»To: Paul Allen, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin. Hubert Burda, Steve Case.

» =ohn Doerr, Jeffrey Epstein, Tony Fadell, Bill Gates, Danny Hillis,

» Maja =offman, Bill Joy, Salar Kamangar, Dean Kamen, Vinod Khosla,

» Marissa =ayer, Kary Mullis Elon Musk, Nathan Myhrvold, Pierre

» Omidyar, Larry =age, Sean Parker, Jean Pigozzi, Nick Pritzker,

» Miuccia Prada, Eric =chmidt, Jacqui Safra, Ricardo Salinas Pilego,

» Charles Simonyi, Jeff =koll, Craig Venter, Jimmy Wales, Evan

» Williams, Mark Zuckerberg

>>

» Re: The EDGE Annual Question 2012 - Invitation to participate

>>

» In the summer of 2009, in a talk at the Bristol (UK) Festival of =deas, Freeman Dyson articulated a vision for the future. He referenced =The Age Of Wonder", by Richard Holmes, in which the first Romantic Age =escribed by Holmes was centered on chemistry and poetry, while Dyson =ointed out that this new age is dominated by computational biology. Its =eaders, he noted, include "biology wizards" Kary Mullis, Craig Venter, =edical engineer Dean Kamen; and "computer wizards" Larry Page and =ergey Brin, and Charles Simonyi. He pointed out that the nexus for this =ntellectual activity — the Lunar Society for the 21st century — is =entered around the activities of EDGE.

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» Dyson continued to articulate his vision for a new age of biology in = related review inNew York Review of Books in which he wrote: "...a new =eneration of artists, writing genomes as fluently as Blake and Byron =rote verses, might create an abundance of new flowers and fruit and =rees and birds to enrich the ecology of our planet. Most of these =rtists would be amateurs, but they would be in close touch with =cience, like the poets of the earlier Age of Wonder. The new Age of =onder might bring together wealthy entrepreneurs like Venter and Kamen =.. and a worldwide community of gardeners and farmers and breeders, rorking together to make the planet beautiful as well as fertile, =ospitable to hummingbirds as well as to humans."

>>

» So, along these lines, who can best articulate the important issues

» =deas and entrepreneurial zeal, changing the very nature of reality

>> =tself. Here's the 2012 Annual Question. Before sending it out widely
>> to =he list, it's useful to seed the project with a dozen or so
>> interesting =esponses to provide examples and set a high bar. Even
>> better, to =nspire. How about it?? Hope to hear from you. JB
>>
>>
>>                        THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER
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>>      2012: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL =XPLANATION?
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>> =ttp://edge.org/annual-question/what-is-your-favorite-deep-elegant-or
>> -beau=iful-explanation&view=draft
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>> PRESS EMBARGO UNTIL PUBLICATION (12am EST, Sunday, January 15th). DO
>> =OT CITE OR CIRCULATE
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>> "We’d certainly be better off if everyone sampled the fabulous EDGE =ymposium, which, like the best in science, is
modest and daring all at =nce."
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>> — David Brooks, THE NEW YORK TIMES
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>> Scientists' greatest pleasure comes from theories that derive the =olution to some deep puzzle from a small set of
simple principles in a =urprising way. These explanations are called "beautiful" or "elegant". =istorical examples are
Kepler's explanation of complex planetary =otions as simple ellipses, Bohr's explanation of the periodic table of =he
elements in terms of electron shells, and Watson and Crick's double =elix. Einstein famously said that he did not need
experimental =onfirmation of his general theory of relativity because it "was so =eautiful it had to be true."
>>
>>                        The EDGE Question 2012
>>
>>      WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL =XPLANATION?
>>
>> Since this question is about explanation, answers may embrace =cientific thinking in the broadest sense: as the most
reliable way of =aining knowledge about anything, including other fields of inquiry such =s philosophy, mathematics,
economics, history, political theory, =iterary theory, or the human spirit. The only requirement is that some =imple and
non-obvious idea explain some diverse and complicated set of =henomena.
>>
>> [Thanks to Steven Pinker for suggesting this year's EDGE Question and
>> =o Stewart Brand, Kevin Kelly, and George Dyson for their ongoing
>> advice =nd support.]
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>>

» "Open-minded, free ranging, intellectually playful ... an unadorned =leasure in curiosity, a collective expression of wonder at the living =nd inanimate world ... an ongoing and thrilling colloquium."

>>

>> —Ian McEwan in THE TELEGRAPH

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>> SUBMITTING ESSAYS: Email as text or attached Word file to me =

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» DUE DATE: 5pm, Thursday, January 12th

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» PUBLICATION DATE: 12am EST, Sunday, January 15th

>>

» URL: Essays will be posted at this draft URL (not visible to search =ngines). Please keep confidential.

>>

» PRESS EMBARGO: Until publication. Do not cite or circulate.

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## » EDITORIAL MARCHING ORDERS

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» Of course, your own explanations are deep, elegant, and beautiful. =ut give it a rest for this exercise and please avoid citing your own =heory, idea, explanation. Also, think of examples that are not =ompletely obvious—we don't want a hundred people nominating natural =election, or relativity, or Turing machines.

>>

» Say something new, true, and interesting based on your own =xperience, in 1,000 words or less.

>>

» Go deeper than the news. Tell us something we don't know. This is not = purely scientific question: this is question about our culture and =urselves. The ideas we present on EDGE can offer a new set of metaphors =o describe ourselves, our minds, the way we think, the world, and all =f the things we know in it.

>>

» As usual, no politics ("Democrat" "Republican") or politicians ="Obama" "Romney" "Clinton" "Gingrich", etc.). No editorials, Op-eds, =pinion pieces, flippancy. No ad hominem comments. No self-promotion: no =eferencing your books, papers, courses. No "selling from the stage", =ushing your well-known agenda. No footnotes, credits, or hyperlinks in =he text: stay on the page. No anecdotes about spouses, significant =thers, kids, family pets. Write a stand-alone piece: don't respond to =he pieces of other contributors already posted.

>>

» This is the annual opportunity for the EDGE community to give =omething back, to provide an important public service, to make a =tatement by presenting uncompromisingly sophisticated science-minded =hinking to a wide global audience. Be imaginative, exciting, =ompelling, inspiring. Tell a great story. Make an argument that makes a =ifference. Amaze and delight. Surprise us!

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>> TO THE EDGE PRESS LIST

» TO THE EDGE PRESS LIST
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» Last year's EDGE Question ("What Scientific Concept Would Improve

» =verybody's Cognitive Toolkit?" - http://goo.gl/bEzNP - generated 165

» =ssays (115,000 words) and received global press attention -

>> =ttp://goo.gl/Ygxs7

>>

» For some background on how the EDGE Annual Questions comes together,

» =heck out "A Big Question", an article I wrote for the Nieman Foundation =n 2010 - http://goo.gl/udnZg We expect at least as many contributions this year. Please feel free =se up to 1,500 words of text (gratis) without further permission, =rovided that:

>>

» (a) EDGE and its URL (www.edge.org) are mentioned in the first

» =aragraph of your print and online piece; and

>>

» (b) a hyperlink to the EDGE home page (http://www.edge.org) is =rovided in the first paragraph of your online edition.

>>

» Edge Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit private operating foundation =nder Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

>>

>>

>> Happy New Year!

>>

>> John Brockman

» Editor & Publisher

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» It's ever more delectable that EDGE-the network of prominent =cientists and intellectuals— has worked against the reciprocal =gnorance of literary cultures and sciences of each other. Successfully. =f you take the algorithms developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, =hich measure the value of links, EDGE'S website ranks seven on a global =cale of ten. THE NEW YORK TIMES ranks nine, eBay at eight.

>>
>> — SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
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