From: To: Subject: Fwd: Edge Master Class Update Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 15:54:56 +0000 Attachments: Brooks._Intro.docx; Jennie_Max.jpg Forwarded message From: John Brockman <I Date: Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:47 PM Subject: Edge Master Class U ate To: Jeffre E stein Cc: TO: Paul Allen, Jeff Bezos, Stewart Brand, Sergey Brin, David Brooks, George Church, George Dyson, Ari Emanuel, Jeffrey Epstein, Tony Fadell, Bill Gates, W. Daniel Hillis, Bill Joy, Daniel Kahneman, Salar Kamangar, Dean Kamen, Elon Musk, Nathan Myhrvold, Pierre Omidyar, Tim O'Reilly, Larry Page, Sean Parker, Jean Pigozzi, Ricardo Salinas Pilego, Nicholas Pritzker, J.E. (Jacqui) Safra, Charles Simonyi, Jeff Skoll, Anne Treisman, Craig Venter, Jimmy Wales, Evan Williams, Mark Zuckerberg JE, Who: MICHAEL GAZZANIGA - MARTIN NOWAK - STEVEN PINKER - VILAYANUR S. RAMACHANDRAN Where: Spring Mountain Vineyard, St. Helena, Napa, CA (Lodgings at Harvest Inn, 2.5 miles away) When: July 15-17, 2011 Hotel rooms are in short supply this time of year at Napa. We were only able to get a block of 16 rooms at Harvest Inn in St. Helena. The Meadowbrook Napa Valley, a nearby high-end resort hotel, is currently showing availability. I suggest you book early. The information you need is at the following link: ht ://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/masterclassl 1 /ma sterclassll_index.html The first students to sign up for this year's class were Danny Kahneman and Anne Treisman. They have been joined to date by Stewart Brand, George Dyson, Sean Parker, and Evan Williams. Finally, I would like to share with you the attached Introduction to the next Annual Question book, "What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's Cognitive Toolkit?", written by New York Times columnist David Brooks. It's a splendid piece. (Note: It's under embargo until publication January 2012). Hope you can make it to Napa! Best regards, JB EFTA00433872