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From: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 6:14 PM To: Joi Ito Subject: Re: Brockman's EDGE Master Class 2015 not srue On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Joi Ito wrote: This conflict= with Foo Camp which I was going to use to recruit people. Do you think th=s will be interesting? Do you know Philip Tetlock? How are you? Where are you? - Joi > Begin forwarded message: > From: John Brockman > Subject: EDGE Master Class 2015 on Superforecasting: download PDF proo=s of Phil Tetlock's new book > Date: June 24, 2015 at 11:04:59 AM PDT > To: Ito Joi > Dear Joi, > The Master Class is shaping up as one of the most consequential EDGE e=ents of the last 20 years, the one you don't want to miss. Very import=nt for you to be there. Hope you can make it. > Best regards, > JB obile > June 22 San Francisco - Four Seasons > June 26 Palo Alto - Westin Hotel > June 29 New York > "Philip Tetlock is one of the very, very best minds in the social=sciences today. He has come up with one brilliant idea after another, and =uperforecasting is no exception. Everyone agrees that the way to know if a= idea is right is to see whether it accurately predicts the future. =ut which ideas, which methods, which people have an actual, provable track=record of non-obvious predictions vindicated by the course of events? The =nswers will surprise you, and EFTA_R1_01623454 EFTA02498173 have radical implications for politics, poli=y, journalism, education, and even epistemology—how we can best ga=n knowledge about the world we live in." > - Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor, Harvard; Auth=r,T HE SENSE OF STYLE; THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE > "Philip Tetlock is the world expert on a vital subject. Superf=recasting is the wonderful story of how he and his research team got ordin=ry people to beat experts in a very serious game. It is also a manual for =hinking clearly in an uncertain world. Read it." > —Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize and au=hor of THINKING FAST AND SLOW > A SHORT COURSE IN SUPERFORECASTING WITH PHIL=P E. TETLOCK > http://edge.oreedge-master-clars-2015 <http://edge.org/edge-master-class=2015> > user id: edge_access I password: edgeaccessar» > When: 5pm Friday, July 31 - Noon, Sund=y, August 2nd > Where: Spring Mountain Vineyard, St. Helena,=Napa > Hotel: Harvest Inn, St. Helena, Napa > NEW! - Now Available at the above link For D=wnloading - Advance Reading Edition • SUPERFORECASTING: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PRE=ICTION (publication date September 29) > By Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner > (Uncorrected Proofs - Do Not Circulate) > You are confirmed for the event. See instructions for booking your roo= directly with the hotel and act now as reservations close July 3rd. And p=ease reconfirm with me asap that you will be joining us. > Edge Foundation, Inc. > 260 Fifth Avenue > New York, NY 10001 > Begin forwarded message: > From: John Brockman > Subject: EDGE Master Class 2015 on Superforecasting: download PDF proo=s of Phil Tetlock's new book > Date: June 24, 2015 at 11:04:59 AM PDT > To: Ito Joi > Dear Joi, > The Master Class is shaping up as one of the most consequential EDGE e=ents of the last 20 years, the one you don't want to miss. Very import=nt for you to be there. Hope you can make it. > Best regards, > JB mobile > June 22 San Francisco - Four Seasons > June 26 Palo Alto - Westin Hotel 2 EFTA_R1_01623455 EFTA02498174 > June 29 New York > "Philip Tetlock is one of the very, very best minds in the social=sciences today. He has come up with one brilliant idea after another, and =uperforecasting is no exception. Everyone agrees that the way to know if a= idea is right is to see whether it accurately predicts the future. =ut which ideas, which methods, which people have an actual, provable track=record of non-obvious predictions vindicated by the course of events? The =nswers will surprise you, and have radical implications for politics, poli=y, journalism, education, and even epistemology—how we can best ga=n knowledge about the world we live in." > - Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor, Harvard; Auth=r,T HE SENSE OF STYLE; THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE > "Philip Tetlock is the world expert on a vital subject. Superf=recasting is the wonderful story of how he and his research team got ordin=ry people to beat experts in a very serious game. It is also a manual for =hinking clearly in an uncertain world. Read it." > —Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize and au=hor of THINKING FAST AND SLOW • A SHORT COURSE IN SUPERFORECASTING WITH PHIL=P E. TETLOCK • http://edge.org/edge-master-cla=s-2015 <http://edge.org/edge-master-class=2015> • user id: edge_access I password: edgeaccess<=r» • When: 5pm Friday, July 31- Noon, Sund=y, August 2nd • Where: Spring Mountain Vineyard, St. Helena =Napa • Hotel: Harvest Inn, St. Helena, Napa • NEW! - Now Available at the above link For D=wnloading - Advance Reading Edition • SUPERFORECASTING: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PRE=ICTION (publication date September 29) • By Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner • (Uncorrected Proofs - Do Not Circulate) > You are confirmed for the event. See instructions for booking your roo= directly with the hotel and act now as reservations close July 3rd. And p=ease reconfirm with me asap that you will be joining us. > Edge Foundation, Inc. > 260 Fifth Avenue > New York, NY 10001 > •••••••••••••••••••/./././eVeVOWNO.0•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Please use this email for confidential mail only. 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