A New Year's gift those who say that I never contribute anything positive or optimistic... :-)
The question is pretty simple: "What are you optimistic about, and why?" The answers are on this website, http://edge.org/q2007/q07_index.html provided by the following people. Enjoy. Jerry Adler Alun Anderson Chris Anderson Chris Anderson Mahzarin Banaji Samuel Barondes Simon Baron-Cohen Gregory Benford David Berreby Jamshed Bharucha Roger Bingham Colin Blakemore Adam Bly Susan Blackmore Vittorio Bo David Bodanis Stewart Brand Rodney Brooks Andrew Brown Jason Calacanis William Calvin Philip Campbell Geoffrey Carr Leo Chalupa George Church Andy Clark Gregory Cochran M. Csikszentmihalyi Garniss Curtis David Dalrymple Paul Davies Richard Dawkins Daniel C. Dennett David Deutsch Keith Devlin Jared Diamond Chris DiBona Cory Doctorow Esther Dyson Freeman Dyson George Dyson Brian Eno Juan Enriquez Daniel Everett Helen Fisher Howard Gardner Joel Garreau James Geary David Gelernter Neil Gershenfeld Marcelo Gleiser Rebecca Goldstein Daniel Goleman Beatrice Golomb Alison Gopnik Brian Goodwin John Gottman Steve Grand Brian Greene Jonathan Haidt Diane Halpern Haim Harari Judith Rich Harris Sam Harris Marc D. Hauser Marti Hearst Roger Highfield W. Daniel Hiliis Donald Hoffman Piet Hut Gerald Holton John Horgan Nicholas Humphrey Marco Iacoboni Walter Isaacson Joichi Ito Xeni Jardin Kevin Kelly Marcel Kinsbourne Bart Kosko Stephen Kosslyn Lawrence Krauss Andrian Kreye Ray Kurzweil Jaron Lanier Leon Lederman Seth Lloyd Elizabeth Loftus Gary Marcus Pamela McCorduck Thomas Metzinger Geoffrey Miller John McCarthy Marvin Minsky David G. Myers Jill Neimark Randolph M. Nesse Tor Nørretranders James O'Donnell Gloria Origgi Mark Pagel Alex Pentland Irene Pepperberg David Pescovitz Jean Pigozzi Steven Pinker Ernst Poppel Jordan Pollack Corey Powell Robert Provine Eduardo Punset Lisa Randall Martin Rees Howard Rheingold Matt Ridley Carlo Rovelli Rudy Rucker Douglas Rushkoff Karl Sabbagh Paul Saffo Scott Sampson Robert Sapolsky Larry Sanger Roger Schank Steven Schneider Peter Schwartz Gino Segre Charles Seife Terrence Sejnowski Martin Seligman Robert Shapiro Michael Shermer Clay Shirky Barry Smith Lee Smolin George Smoot Dan Sperber Maria Spiropulu Paul Steinhardt Linda Stone Steven Strogatz Leonard Susskind Nassim Taleb Timothy Taylor Max Tegmark Sherry Turkle J. Craig Venter Alexander Vilenkin Frank Wilczek Ian Wilmut Michael Wolff Anton Zeilinger Philip Zimbardo
