From: Ian Osborne < Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 5:57 PM To: John Brockman Cc: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: Edge event in London in April John, It was a pleasure to see you again at Jeffrey's. I am glad that we share =ommon views on subjects from to the modern-day TED. Many thanks for the kind invitation. I would be delighted to be part of =he Edge community. A number of people have mentioned it to me from =effrey to Sean. The latter was in particular raving about a gathering =ou did last summer in California - he definitely had a great time and =or Sean, who is not always 100% focused, his was high praise indeed. Yes, please let me know about London. I am just finalising my schedule =ut will be in town for at least part of that time. Best wishes, Ian On 18 Mar 2012, at 17:26, John Brockman wrote: > Dear Ian, > Nice to see you at Jeffrey's house last week. It occurs to me that =iven the various connections you might be interested in being part of =he very loosely affiliated Edge community which is run under my =onprofit Edge Foundation, Inc. > I can send you endless superlative blurbs about Edge.org: "The World's =martest Website" (Guardian); "The Best virtual university in the word =Arts & Letters Daily); "An epicenter of bleeding-edge insight across =cience, technology and beyond, hosting conversations with some of our =ra's greatest thinkers" (Atlantic). "Open-minded, free ranging, =ntellectually playful ... an unadorned pleasure in curiosity, a =ollective expression of wonder at the living and inanimate world ... an =ngoing and thrilling colloquium."— Ian McEwan, "The Telegraph") > But I rest my case with the following from "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" re =ur mutual friend Sean Parker: > "Parker's arrogance is legendary. But in front of Brockman he has =espect. 'Edge is the only thing I read, when I read anything,' Parker =aid, smiling awkwardly. Brockman did not respond to the compliment, but =t was not meant as a compliment. Rather