To: Jeffrey Epsteinfieevacalion©gmail.com] From: John Brockman Sent: Tue 8/11/2009 9:16:10 PM Subject: CONFIDENTIAL You will lose half the people you want by involving Templeton. The other half will go along but be unhappy. JB on Aug 11, 2009, at 4:56 PM, Jeffrey Epstein wrote: > I intend to fully fund the following gatherings ( meetings with > lots of interaction hikes coffee. cross pollination ) over the > next year > 1 Evolutionary Code dynamics.. a brand new field that > encompasses, game theory, virus dynamics, (both computers and > biological). , cryptography , and genetics. > 2. Synthetic General Intelligence.. encompassing, signal > processing, statistical and machine learning, virtual world robots. > new programing architecture. Ants termites wasps. > 3 Conference on Power -- Its definition political > financial,intellectual , physical, includes reputation, awe, trust, > deception, reciprocity. - how it is used, why it is sought, group > selection and behavior. > 4, The World Financial system .. is it archaic, can you use the > Internet to create anew model, social, repercussions. what is > value, worth , mark to market, what is money, the new debt. > computers and their effect on the system - including unemployment. > Markets and sophisticated derivatives. > 5. The power laws --their derivation and possible implications. zipf > pareto etc... scaling . metabolism , human trait distributions > ( including intelligence), the ecology of economic systems. their > geometric equivalents. > 6. Why happiness is overrated. -- cultural definitions contentment > fulfillment, narcotics, hallucinogens, psycho-pharmaceuticals - > 7. Music and the Brain. is anticipation -resolution , rhythm > vertical and horizontal (melody) harmonies an insight into the > structure of the brain. > -- core participants > 1 martin novak, avi wigner. corina , church, nathan wolfe, lander , > eres leiberman rep of NSA ,stodden 2. shank, minsky, > b