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From: John Brockman Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 6:45 PM To: Epstein Jeffrey Subject: Update re Edge Master Class AT Google, Sci Foo JE, In terms of women, I don't see a problem with this list: Jennifer =acquet, Katinka, Anne Treisman (Kahneman's wife) - no problem. Margaret =evi a savvy political scientist and a savvy lady, replaced Kosslyn at =tanford. Finally, Barbara Mellars, Tetlock's wife. I don't see a =roblem but I can check with two phone calls. None of the guys who have accepted should have a problem. Fyi, Kahneman =s ok. I should check with Tetlock. If anything, the only people might =e the corporate guys I've yet to hear from. I could see the founders of =he big companies unhappy if they got the Prince Andrew treatment by the =ress in terms of photos and reportage. The only reporters are Markoff and Andrian Kreye (who you met) both =riends who should be able to cover the event without mentioning you. =nly one person to date has a blog. Venter is close to agreeing to come. If he comes I will get Church with =hom I just had breakfast. He will come if you fly out from Boston and =ive him a ride. JB obile SUPERFORECASTING LIST - CONFIDENTIAL PLANNING ON ATTENDING (to date): We are planning on having about 30 attendees, drawn from previous Edge =aster Classes, Seminars, Dinners. To date: ATTENDEES To date, the following have rsvp'd: • Stewart Brand, Founder, The Whole Earth Catalog; Co-Founder, =he Well; Co-Founder, The Long Now Foundation; Author, Whole Earth =iscipline • Rodney Brooks, Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus), =IT, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab; Founder, Chairman =nd CTO of Rethink Robotics. • George Dyson, Science Historian; Author, Project Orion; =uring's Cathedral • W. Daniel Hillis, Physicist, Computer Scientist, Pioneer in =assively parallel computation; Chairman of Applied Minds, Inc.; Author, =he Pattern on the Stone • Wael Ghonim, pro-democracy leader of the Tarir Square =emonstrations in Egypt; anonymous administrator of the Facebook page, =We are all Khaled Saeed", which helped spark the revolution leading to =ubarak's downfall. • Jennifer Jacquet, Assistant Professor of Environmental =tudies, NYU; Author, Is Shame Necessary? • Daniel Kahneman, Eugene Higgins Professor Emeritus of =sychology at Princeton; Author, Thinking, Fast and Slow; Winner of the =013 Presidential Medal of Honor; Recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in =conomic Sciences • Salar EFTA_R1_01620690 EFTA02496272 Kamangar, Senior Vice President, Products, Google; =ormer head of YouTube • Dean Kamen, Inventor and Entrepreneur, DEKA Research • Andrian Kreye, Editor, The Feuilleton (Arts and Essays), of =he largest German National Daily Newspaper, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, =unich • Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research. =reviously, founder and director of DARPA's technology office tasked =ith supporting research in computing and related areas in the social =nd physical sciences. Former head of Carnegie Mellon University's =ationally top-ranked Computer Science Department and as CMU's Vice =rovost for Research. • Margaret Levi, Director, Center For Advanced Study in =ehavioral Sciences (CASBS), Stanford University; Jere L. Bacharach =rofessor Emerita of International Studies, U. Washington • John Markoff, Science Correspondent, The New York Times; =uthor, Machines of Loving Grace • Barbara Mellers, Psychologist; George Heyman University =rofessor at the University of Pennsylvania; past President of the =ociety of Judgment and Decision Making • Dave Morin, Internet entrepreneur. Former Senior Platform =anager, Facebook; Co-inventor, Facebook Platform and Facebook Connect; =ounder & CEO, Path • Sean Parker, Partner, Founders Fund; Co-founder and Founding =resident, Facebook • Philip Tetlock, Political and Social Scientist; Annenberg =niversity Professor at UPenn; Author, Expert Political Judgment • Anne Treisman, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University =rofessor Emeritus of Psychology at Princeton; Recipient, National Medal =f Science • D.A.Wallach, Recording Artist; Songwriter; Artist in =esidence, Spotify; Hi-Tech Investor EDGE • John Brockman, Cultural Impresario; Founder and Editor, EDGE; =ounder, Brockman, Inc.; Author, The Third Culture • Katinka Matson, Co-Founder, EDGE; President, Brockman, Inc.; =rtist, katinkamatson.com MAYBE George Church Nathan Myhrvold Hans Ulrich Obrist J. Craig Venter SPECIAL CASE This is all being handed by Tetlock. I am not in the loop. He is in =ouch with The Office of the DNI (General James Clapper) and there is =alk about the possibility of Clapper attending. IARPA, which is under =im, funds Tetlock's project. 1. There are major security issues about =is traveling anywhere. It takes a lot of preparation; and 2. There are =aily developments around the world which might require his attention. = Another issue, for EDGE, is do we want to be perceived as being =onnected with the national intelligence establishment. AWAITING RESPONSE Paul Allen Yves Behar Jeff Bezos Sergey Brin Peter Diamandis Jennifer Doudna Jeffrey Epstein Tony Fadell Maja Hoffman Mike Krieger Ray Kurzweil Marissa Mayer Yuri Milner Sendhil Mullainathan Larry Page 2 EFTA_R1_01620691 EFTA02496273 Leon Panetta Saul Perlmutter Charles Simonyi George Smoot Rory Sutherland Stephen Wolfram REGRETS Nicolas Berggruen Nick Bostrom Alfonso Cuaron Daniel C. Dennett Jesse Dylan Freeman Dyson Peter Gabriel Demis Hassabis Andre Linde Ian McEwan Tim O'Reilly Steven Pinker Nick Pritzker Jacqui Safra Stuart Russell laan Tallin Max Tegmark Richard Thaler Tim White Evan Williams <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/Propertylist-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>conversation-id</key> <integer>112237</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1435430700</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8590195717</integer> <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <integer>6</integer> <integer>2</integer> </array> <key>remote-id</key> <string>520341</string> </dict> </plist> 3 EFTA_R1_01620692 EFTA02496274