The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.
Each year, it asks a single question and publishes the responses online.
The question this year was
WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT? WHY?
The 150 responses cover a wide range of subjects, from string theory to intelligence, cancer to climate. Among the contributors are such luminaries as Richard Dawkins, Freeman Dyson, Ray Kurzweil and Steven Pinker.
Visit Edge.org for a quick browse (or a lengthy perusal) of their answers. You'll find stuff that gives you reason to smile, along with material that will have you reaching for the nearest throwable object.
But it will make you think.
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