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	Title
	MIND A New Science of Morality, Part 3 Sam Harris [9.17.10] Introduction by: Sam Harris Mentioned: Paul Bloom, Joshua D. Greene, Jonathan Haidt, David Pizarro, Joshua Knobe, Roy Baumeister, Elizabeth Phelps
	MIND A New Science of Morality, Part 4 Roy Baumeister [9.17.10] Mentioned: Paul Bloom, Joshua D. Greene, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, Lance Knobel, Joshua Knobe, Elizabeth Phelps
	MIND A New Science of Morality, Part 5 Paul Bloom [9.17.10] Introduction by: Paul Bloom Mentioned: Joshua D. Greene, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, David Pizarro, Joshua Knobe, Roy Baumeister, Elizabeth Phelps
	MIND A New Science of Morality, Part 6 David Pizarro [9.17.10] Introduction by: David Pizarro Mentioned: Paul Bloom, Joshua D. Greene, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, Joshua Knobe, Roy Baumeister, Elizabeth Phelps
	Conversations George C. Williams (1926 - 2010) A Remembrence With Robert Trivers, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Niles Eldredge, Randolph Nesse, [9.9.10]
	TECHNOLOGY THE HILLIS KNOWLEDGE WEB An Idea Whose Time Has Come By W. Daniel Hillis [7.18.10] Contributor(s): Douglas Rushkoff, Stewart Brand, James J. O'Donnell, Jaron Lanier, Bruce Sterling, Roger Schank, George Dyson, Howard Gardner, Seymour Papert, Freeman Dyson, Esther Dyson, Kai Krause, Pamela McCorduck Mentioned: Andy Clark, Alison Gopnik, Andrew Lih, Alvy Ray Smith
	TECHNOLOGY DREAM-LOGIC, THE INTERNET AND ARTIFICIAL THOUGHT By David Gelernter [7.7.10]
	TECHNOLOGY AFTERWORD By Stewart Brand [6.17.10] Introduction by: Kevin Kelly Mentioned: Kevin Kelly
	TECHNOLOGY A Big Question John Brockman [6.15.10]
	CULTURE BREAKING THE CYCLE A Conversation with Emanuel Derman [5.26.10]
	LIFE CREATION OF A BACTERIAL CELL CONTROLLED BY A CHEMICALLY SYNTHESIZED GENOME Genetics: Life From a Synthetic Genome By J. Craig Venter [5.18.10] Contributor(s): Rodney A. Brooks, P Z Myers, Richard Dawkins, George Church, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Daniel C. Dennett, Dimitar D. Sasselov, Antony Hegarty, George Dyson, Kevin Kelly, Freeman Dyson Mentioned: Anthony Aguirre, George Dyson, Andrian Kreye, Freeman Dyson, Antony Hegarty
	CULTURE THE HARD PROBLEM By Nassim Nicholas Taleb [5.16.10] Introduction by: John Brockman
	CULTURE THE ASH CLOUD An Edge Special Event! By John Brockman [4.25.10] Contributor(s): Haim Harari, Roger Schank, Charles Simonyi, Peter Schwartz, Stephen Schneider, Karl Sabbagh, Emanuel Derman, Mark Pagel, Joel Gold, George Dyson, Matthew Ritchie, Paul Romer, Eduardo Salcedo-Albaran, Gregory Paul, Lawrence M. Krauss, J. Doyne Farmer, Martin Menzies, Ross Anderson, Richard H. Thaler, Delta Willis, James Croak, Gloria Origgi, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Daniel Kahneman, Matt Ridley, John Tooby, Anton Zeilinger, Dave McKean, Thomas Metzinger, Alun Anderson, Eric R. Weinstein, James J. O'Donnell
	TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL POWER AND ITS DISCONTENTS AN EDGE SPECIAL EVENT! PUBLISHED BY EDGE, FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG, LA STAMPA By Evgeny Morozov, Clay Shirky [4.11.10] Introduction by: John Brockman Contributor(s): Rebecca MacKinnon, Nicholas G. Carr, George Dyson, Douglas Rushkoff, Jaron Lanier Mentioned: Yochai Benkler, Nicholas G. Carr, George Dyson, David Gelernter, Kevin Kelly, Jaron Lanier, Douglas Rushkoff, Charles Leadbeater
	LIFE Eat Me Before I Eat You! A New Foe For Bad Bugs A Conversation with Kary Mullis [3.17.10]
	CULTURE PATHWAYS TO AND FROM VIOLENT EXTREMISM: THE CASE FOR SCIENCE-BASED FIELD RESEARCH Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats & Capabilities A Statement By Scott Atran [3.9.10]
	TECHNOLOGY TIME TO START TAKING THE INTERNET SERIOUSLY By David Gelernter [3.3.10] Contributor(s): Nicholas G. Carr, Kevin Kelly, Jesse Dylan Mentioned: Andrian Kreye, David Gelernter, Frank Schirrmacher
	TECHNOLOGY CLOUD CULTURE: THE PROMISE AND THE THREAT By Charles Leadbeater [2.1.10]
	UNIVERSE FOUR SIDES TO EVERY STORY By Stewart Brand [12.17.09]
	CULTURE GROWING UP IN ETHOLOGY Richard Dawkins [12.16.09]
	CULTURE DON'T DISAPPEAR INTO A DREAM A Conversation with Richard Foreman [12.9.09]
	CULTURE TO BEAT AL QAEDA, LOOK TO THE EAST By Scott Atran [12.7.09]
	LIFE TOXO A Conversation with Robert Sapolsky [12.2.09]
	MIND Signatures of Consciousness A Talk by Stanislas Dehaene [11.24.09] Contributor(s): Arnold Trehub, Donald D. Hoffman, Steven Pinker, George Dyson, Sam Harris, Daniel Kahneman
	CULTURE 36 ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD By Rebecca Newberger Goldstein [11.18.09]
	UNIVERSE WHY DOES THE UNIVERSE LOOK THE WAY IT DOES? A Conversation with Sean Carroll [11.13.09]
	CULTURE The Urgent Threats We Face A Conversation with Larry Brilliant, MD [10.29.09]
	TECHNOLOGY THE AGE OF THE INFORMAVORE A Talk With Frank Schirrmacher [10.25.09] Contributor(s): Daniel Kahneman, George Dyson, Jaron Lanier, Nick Bilton, Nicholas G. Carr, Douglas Rushkoff, Jesse Dylan, Virginia Heffernan, Gerd Gigerenzer, John Perry Barlow, Steven Pinker, John A. Bargh, George Dyson, Annalena McAfee, John Brockman, David Gelernter, Evgeny Morozov
	LIFE Darwin and the Evolution of Reasons A Talk by Daniel C. Dennett [9.30.09]
	LIFE Parallels between Economics and Evolution, or What Happens When Ideas Have Sex A talk by Matt Ridley [9.30.09]
	LIFE Why Sex Differences Matter: The Darwinian Perspective Helena Cronin [9.30.09]
	MIND Language and Human Nature A talk by Steven Pinker [9.30.09]
	MIND Evolutionary Psychology Cognitive instincts for cooperation, institutions & society Leda Cosmides [9.30.09]
	CULTURE On Being Original in Science in Art Ian McEwan [9.30.09]
	LIFE Beauty's Child: Sexual Selection, Nature Worship and the Love of God A talk by Nicholas Humphrey [9.30.09]
	LIFE THERE IS GRANDEUR IN THIS VIEW OF LIFE By Richard Dawkins [9.22.09]
	TECHNOLOGY DOES TECHNOLOGY EVOLVE? A Conversation with W. Brian Arthur [9.21.09]
	LIFE Darwin's Intellectual Legacy to the 21st Century Why Chile? Program Director Alvaro Fischer [9.7.09]
	TECHNOLOGY WE ARE AS GODS AND HAVE TO GET GOOD AT IT Stewart Brand Talks About His Ecopragmatist Manifesto A talk with Stewart Brand [8.18.09]
	LIFE AMAZING BABIES A Talk with Alison Gopnik [8.11.09]
	CULTURE ECONOMICS IS NOT NATURAL SCIENCE By Douglas Rushkoff [8.11.09] Contributor(s): George Dyson
	LIFE THE EVOLUTION OF COOKING A Talk With Richard Wrangham [8.8.09]
	MIND FIVE PROBLEMS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND Stuart A. Kauffman [8.6.09]
	CULTURE MONEY, DESIRE, PLEASURE, PAIN An Edge Original essay By Emanuel Derman [8.6.09]
	CULTURE THEORY OF GAMES AND ECONOMIC MISBEHAVIOR By George Dyson [7.25.09]
	LIFE OUT OF OUR MINDS: HOW DID HUMANS COME DOWN FROM THE TREES AND WHY DID NO ONE FOLLOW? By Vanessa Woods, Brian Hare [7.16.09]
	LIFE MAPPING THE NEANDERTHAL GENOME A Conversation with Svante Pääbo [7.4.09]
	UNIVERSE THE PHYSICS THAT WE KNOW A Conversation with Gavin Schmidt [6.27.09] Introduction by: Russell Weinberger
	MIND BRAIN TIME David M. Eagleman [6.23.09]
	MIND THE SIMPLIFIER A Conversation with John A. Bargh [6.15.09] Introduction by: Russell Weinberger Mentioned: Russell Weinberger

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