2007 : WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT?

Mathematician; computer scientist; Professor of Media Arts...
Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
Evolutionary Biologist; Professor of Anthropology and...
CEO and Managing Director, Intellectual Ventures; Co-Author...
experimental astrophysics and observational cosmology
Director emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Former President, The Royal Society; Emeritus Professor of...
Journalist, La Stampa; Italy Correspondent, Science Magazine
Physicist, University of Oxford; author, The Beginning of...
Chair of Reproductive Biology, Director Scottish Centre for...
Senior Editor, Discover Magazine; Adjunct Professor,...
Professor & Director, Institute of Philosophy School of...
Cofounder and Director, The Science Network; Neuroscience...
psychologist and faculty member of the Harvard Medical...
Co-founder of Wikipedia and Citizendium
Psychologist, UC, Berkeley; Author, The Philosophical Baby
Professor of Biological Sciences, Physics, Astronomy,...
Professor of Applied Mathematics, Cornell University;...
Neuroscientist, Stanford University; Author, Monkeyluv
Chief News and Features Editor
Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Reading University,...
Albert Einstein Professor in Science, Departments of...
Information Scientist and Professor of Electrical...
Director, MIT Media Lab
Professor of Medicine at UCSD
Professor of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin;...
Science Journalist; Co-author, Why Good Things Happen To...
Neurologist & Cognitive Neuroscientist, The New School...
co-founder of the World Science Festival and Chairman,...
Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University;...
Curator, TED conferences, TED Talks
Psychologist; Director, Quality of Life Research Center,...
Chief Executive, Medical Research Council;Waynflete...
Writer and Television Producer; Author, Remembering Our...
Founder, The Whole Earth Catalog; Co-founder, The Well; Co-...
Physicist, Computer Scientist, Chairman of Applied Minds,...
Journalist; Author, Us and Them
Philosopher and Cognitive Scientist, University of...
Physicist, MIT; Recipient, 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics;...
Science fiction novelist; Blogger; Technology activist; Co-...
climatologist, is a professor in the Department of...
Founder, Cyberlife Research; author, Creation: Life and How...
Geochronologist Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
Writer; Futurist; Author, Passionate Minds
Archaeologist, Professor of the Prehistory of Humanity,...
Internet Entrepreneur; Founder, Mahalo.com
Psychologist; Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social...
Computer Scientist; Director, Human Dynamics Lab and the...
Computer Scientist; Musician; Author, You Are Not A Gadget...
The cultural revolution
Theoretical Physicist, Dartmouth College; Author, A Tear a...
Evolutionary Biologist; Emeritus Professor of the Public...
Felix Bloch Professor in Theoretical Physics, Stanford;...
Artist; Composer; Recording Producer: U2, Coldplay, Talking...
Emeritus School Professor, The London School of Economics...
Catalyst, Information Technology Startups, EDventure...
Founder, Seed Media Group
Social & Technology Network Topology Researcher;...
Social and Cognitive Scientist; CEU Budapest and CNRS Paris...
Researcher, MIT, Mind Machine Project
Computer Scientist, UC Berkeley, School of Information;...
Physicist, Director, MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms;...
Technology Forecaster; Consulting Associate Professor,...
Theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astro-biologist, and co...
Roboticist; Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus) ,...
Consultant; Adaptive Optics and Adjunct Professor of...
Dinosaur paleontologist and science communicator; Author,...
physicist, CERN
Columnist, Vanity Fair; Author, Autumn of the Moguls
Psychologist, MIT; Internet Culture Researcher; Author,...
A leading scientist of the 21st century for Genomic...
Philosopher and Researcher, C.N.R.S. Paris; Author, Text-E...
Cognitive Scientist; Author, Guitar Zero: The New Musician...
Neuroscientist; Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral...
Psychologist; President, The Cooper Union for the...
Tech Culture Journalist; Partner, Contributor, Co-editor,...
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UC-Irvine; Novelist,...
Scientist; Spanish Television Presenter; Author, The...
Professor, Claremont McKenna College; Past-president,...
Philosophisches Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität...
Mathematician, Computer Scientist; CyberPunk Pioneer;...
Professor and Chairman of Computer Science, Brandeis...
Physicist, University of Vienna; Scientific Director,...
Biological Anthropologist, Rutgers University; Author, Why...
Director, External Affairs, Science Museum Group; Co-author...
Professor, Harvard University, Director, Personal Genome...
Physicist, MIT; Researcher, Precision Cosmology; Scientific...
Linguistic Researcher; Dean of Arts and Sciences, Bentley...
Science Historian; Author, Turing's Cathedral: The...
Science writings program at the Stevens Institute of...
Professor of Physics, Institute for Advanced Study; Author...
Software Pioneer; Philosopher; Author, "The History of...
Psychologist, University of California, Irvine
Psychologist; Co-founder, The Gottman Relationship...
Futurist, Business Strategist; Senior Vice President for...
Professor of Geography, University of California Los...
Physicist, Harvard University; Author, Warped Passages;...
Neuroscientist; Professor, University of Washington; Author...
Professor of Quantum Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Author,...
Science Writer; Consultant; Lecturer, Copenhagen; Author,...
Managing Director Excel Venture Management; Author, As the...
Psychologist & Computer Scientist; Engines for...
Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering, NYU-Poly;...
Media Analyst; Documentary Writer; Author, Present Shock
Professor of Journalism, New York University; formerly...
Neuroscientist; Chairman, Board of Directors Human Science...
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Senior Research...
Research Associate & Lecturer, Harvard; Adjunct...
Philosopher, Novelist; Author, Betraying Spinoza; 36...
Science Writer; Founding chairman of the International...
Social Psychologist; Professor, New York University Stern...
Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of...
co-editor of the popular weblog BoingBoing.net
Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute of...
Evolutionary psychologist, NYU Stern Business School and...
principal developer of the first omni-font optical...
Editor-in Chief, Nature
Independent Investigator and Theoretician; Author, The...
Psychologist; Director, Center for Advanced Study in the...
professor of biology at the Schumacher College
Neuroscientist; Chairman, Project Reason; Author, Letter to...
Computer Scientist, Yale University; Chief Scientist,...
Computational Neuroscientist; Francis Crick Professor, the...
Physicist, Perimeter Institute; Author, Time Reborn
Psychologist and Neuroscientist, University of Maryland;...
senior editor at Newsweek
Ophthalmologist and Neurobiologist, George Washington...
Editor, The Feuilleton (Arts and Essays), of the German...
Open Source and Public Sector, Google
Psychologist, Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University...
Professor of Neurobiology and Psychiatry, UCSF; Author,...
Hi-Tech Industry Consultant; Former Executive at Apple...
Psychologist; Author, Consciousness: An Introduction
Professor of Psychiatry, UM Medical School; Professor of...
Science Editor
Publisher, Skeptic magazine; monthly columnist, Scientific...
Classical Scholar, University Professor, Georgetown...
Psychologist; Author, Ecological Intelligence, Focus: The...
Professor of Psychology, Hope College; author Psychology,...
Executive Director, H-STAR Institute, Stanford University;...
President and CEO of the Aspen Institute; author, Steve...
Johnstone Family Professor, Department of Psychology;...
professor of astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced...
Philosopher; Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Co...
Psychologist and Biologist, Harvard University: Author,...
Journalist; The Guardian
Theoretical Physicist; University of the Mediterraneum,...
Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard...
Cognitive Scientist, UC, Irvine; Author, Visual Intelligence
Physicist, former President, Weizmann Institute of Science...
Senior Consultant (& former Ed-in-Chief &...
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Professor of the...
Editor at Large, Wired, Author-What Technology Wants
Physicist/Cosmologist, ASU; Author, A Universe from Nothing
Communications Expert; Author, Smart Mobs
Italian businessman
Curator, TED conferences, TED Talks
author or coauthor of seven published books
Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology, University of...