John Brockman

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Author & Cultural impresario ()—Chmn, Brockman, Inc. ()—Editor, —Bio ()

New York City
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Joined June 2008
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  1. 9 hours ago

    "Ecology of Intelligence": A Talk By Frank Wilczek on "There’s this tremendous drive for intelligence, but there will be a long period of coexistence in which there will be an ecology of intelligence."

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  2. 9 hours ago

    "Morphogenesis for the Design of Design": A Talk by Neil Gershenfeld on "This is the thing I’m most excited about right now: the design of design."

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  3. 10 hours ago

    "The Language of Mind": A Talk By David Chalmers on "Will every possible intelligent system somehow experience itself or model itself as having a mind? Is the language of mind going to be inevitable in an AI system that has some kind of model of itself?"

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  4. 10 hours ago

    "Epistemic Virtues": A Talk By Peter Galison on (video|audio|text) "I’m interested in the question of epistemic virtues, their diversity, and the epistemic fears that they’re designed to address. By epistemic I mean how we gain and secure knowledge."

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  5. 10 hours ago

    "AI That Evolves in the Wild" A Talk By George Dyson on "I’m interested not in domesticated AI—the stuff that people are trying to sell. I'm interested in wild AI—AI that evolves in the wild. I’m a naturalist, so that’s the interesting thing to me."

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    Jul 23

    The octopus mind and the argument against farming it -- with Becca Franks, Peter Godfrey-Smith and 109 other scholars who support the position now at Animal Sentience: . Image by

    One vision of mass producing octopus. ZZYW Studio
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  7. Retweeted
    Jul 23

    People send me so many books that they hope I'll review that they pile up on top of the books that I'm actually working with. But sometimes just taking a quick look gives me new ideas. And fortunately, I have time to read some of them! Which ones should I dive into first?

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  8. Retweeted
    Jun 29

    My new PNAS paper w Julian De Freitas, Kyle Thomas & Peter DeScioli (Common knowledge, coordination, and strategic mentalizing in human social life) is open-access (we paid through the nose for this, so please take advantage; a PDF can be downloaded here).

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  9. Jun 28

    BOOKS FOR THE AGES The best books to read at every age, from 1 to 100 - By WaPo Book World Staff "Here are our picks for worthwhile books to read during each year of life, from 1 to 100, along with some of the age-appropriate wisdom they impart."

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  10. Jun 24

    POSSIBLE MINDS in FT: "An erratic, but intriguing, selection of essays from many of the world’s leading (western) thinkers about artificial intelligence and the nature of humanity." Summer Books of 2019: Technology |

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  11. Jun 24

    FOREIGN AFFAIRS on POSSIBLE MINDS: "A fascinating map of AI’s likely future and an overview of the difficult choices that will shape it...A sense of respect for the human mind and humility about its limitations runs through the essays in Possible Minds."

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  12. Jun 21

    Just learned of the death of my friend John Wilcock, co-founder of the Village Voice last September. at 91. He was the first journalist to take the 1960s NYC avant-garde arts scene seriously. When we met in 1965 he was omnipresent.

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  13. Jun 21

    "The height of coolness to regard everything with a detached eye and rely on intuition to make instant decisions." —John Wilcock, Village Voice co-founder on NYC counterculture circa 1965, where we were both often present together at Warhol's Factory.

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  14. Jun 18

    ‘There’s Just No Doubt That It Will Change the World’: David Chalmers on V.R. and A.I. NYTimes

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  15. Jun 17

    Aguirre's COSMOLOGICAL KOANS brings back memories of Capra's THE TAO OF PHYSICS and Zukav's THE DANCING WU LI MASTERS.

    Mindscape Episode 51: Anthony Aguirre on Cosmology, Zen, Entropy, and Information.
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  16. Jun 13

    Kai Krause asks his Final Question in "The Last Unknowns." Order now:

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  17. Jun 13

    Ryan McKay asks his Final Question in "The Last Unknowns." Order now:

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  18. Jun 13

    Dan Zahavi asks his Final Question in "The Last Unknowns." Order now:

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  19. Jun 13

    Maximilian Schich asks his Final Question in "The Last Unknowns." Order now:

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  20. Jun 13

    Clifford Pickover asks his Final Question in "The Last Unknowns." Order now:

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