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What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
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This is an EdgeBook comprising essays from prominent scientists from 3rd Culture, I'm usually defining as the Leading edge of civilisation in conducting endeavour in responding the 2013 Edge question:
WHAT SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT?
As stated in Brockman's preface:
"We worry because we are built to anticipate the future. Nothing can stop us from worrying, but science can teach us how to worry better, and when to stop worrying. The respondents to this year’s question were asked to tell us something that (for scientific reasons) worries them—particularly something that doesn’t seem to be on the popular radar yet, and why it should be. Or tell us about something they’ve stopped worrying about even if others still do, and why it should drop off the radar."
The ideas presented on Edge are tentative, speculative; they represent the frontiers in such areas as evolutionary biology, genetics, computer science, neurophysiology, psychology, cosmology, and physics.
This book is intended for the part of species whose faith is in future of our children and survival of humanity.
WHAT SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT?
As stated in Brockman's preface:
"We worry because we are built to anticipate the future. Nothing can stop us from worrying, but science can teach us how to worry better, and when to stop worrying. The respondents to this year’s question were asked to tell us something that (for scientific reasons) worries them—particularly something that doesn’t seem to be on the popular radar yet, and why it should be. Or tell us about something they’ve stopped worrying about even if others still do, and why it should drop off the radar."
The ideas presented on Edge are tentative, speculative; they represent the frontiers in such areas as evolutionary biology, genetics, computer science, neurophysiology, psychology, cosmology, and physics.
This book is intended for the part of species whose faith is in future of our children and survival of humanity.
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