1998 : WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF?

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1998 : WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF?

Paleoanthropologist at the University of Michigan; author of Paleoanthropology; coauthor of Race And Human Evolution. Milford H. Wolpoff Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan; Adjunct...	Australian science writer; author of Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics, And The Gender Wars. Margaret Wertheim science writer and commentator
Biologist at the Æ’cole Polytechnique, in Paris; author of Principles Of Biological Autonomy; coauthor of Autopoiesis And Cognition. Francisco Varela biologist; director of research at the Centre National de...	Cambridge biologist and writer; author of Last Animals At The Zoo; The Time Before History. Colin Tudge Biologist; Author, Six Steps Back to the Land
Research paleoanthropologist at The Natural History Museum, London; co-author of In Search Of The Neanderthals; African Exodus. Christopher Stringer Paleoanthropologist; Author, Lone Survivors	Religious historian at Princeton; author of The Gnostic Gospels; ; The Origin Of Satan. Elaine Pagels Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton...
Astronomer; author of The Cuckoo's Egg; Silicon Snake Oil. Cliff Stoll Astrophysicist and the author of Silicon Snake Oil (1995)...	Founder of Electric Minds, a webzine; author of Tools For Thought; Virtual Communities. Howard Rheingold Communications Expert; Author, Smart Mobs
Atmospheric scientist at Stanford; author of The Genesis Strategy; Laboratory Earth. Stephen Schneider climatologist, is a professor in the Department of...	Curator for Musee D'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and museum in progress, Vienna; chief editor of the magazine Point d'Ironie. Hans Ulrich Obrist Curator, Serpentine Gallery, London; Editor: A Brief...
Australian research scientist, broadcaster; author of Rogue Asteroids And Doomsday Comets. Duncan Steel research astronomer at the Joule Physics Laboratory at the...	Royal Society Professor at King's College, Cambridge; author of Before The Beginning. Martin Rees Former President, The Royal Society; Emeritus Professor of...
Computer scientist and cognitive psychologist at Northwestern; author of The Creative Attitude; Tell Me A Story Roger Schank CEO, Socratic Arts Inc.; John Evans Professor Emeritus of...	Danish science writer; author of The User Illusion (forthcoming in the U.S.). Tor Nørretranders Writer; Speaker; Thinker, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cofounder of Suck. Carl Steadman Co-Founder of Suck.com	Neurobiologist and psychologist at the University of Maryland; author of Quest For Laughter. Robert Provine Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, Baltimore...
Writer and television producer; author of The Living Body; Skyscraper; 21St Century Jet. Karl Sabbagh Producer; Founder, Managing Director, Skyscraper...	Cognitive and social scientist at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris; author of Rethinking Symbolism; On Anthropological Knowledge. Dan Sperber Social and Cognitive Scientist; CEU Budapest and CNRS Paris...
Cyber-entrepreneur, linguist, translator and scientist who previously worked in image processing algorithms at Bell Labs Paulo Pignatelli Linguist, translator and scientist	Author, Cyberia; Media Virus; Ecstasy Club; columnist for New York Times Syndicate and Time Digital. Douglas Rushkoff Media Analyst; Documentary Writer; Author, Throwing Rocks...
Theoretical physicist at Penn State; author of The Life Of The Cosmos. Lee Smolin Physicist, Perimeter Institute; Author, Einstein's...	Computer scientist; author of The Alien Iq Test; The Loom Of God Clifford Pickover Author, The Math Book, The Physics Book, and The Medical...
Co-founder and Publisher of Wired. Louis Rossetto Editor and publisher of Wired and HotWired, and cofounder...	Chief Architect, Microsoft Corporation. Charles Simonyi Software Engineer, Computer Scientist, Entrepreneur,...
Intranet and extranet pioneer and engineer; President, Pantheon Interactive. Kip Parent Founding Webmaster of EDGE	Director of the Virtual Worlds Group in the Microsoft Advanced Technology and Research Division. Linda Stone Hi-Tech Industry Consultant; Former Executive at Apple...
Neurobiologist, The Open University; author Lifelines; The Making Of Memory. Steven Rose neurobiologist, is Professor of Biology and Director, Brain...	Biochemist at New York University; author of Origins; The Human Blueprint. Robert Shapiro Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Senior Research...
Computer scientist and musician; pioneer of virtual reality. Jaron Lanier Computer Scientist; Musician; Author, Who Owns The Future?	Computer Scientist at the University of Michigan; author of Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity; Emergence. John H. Holland Professor of psychology and a professor of computer science...
(McCorduck:) Writer; author of Machines Who Think; coauthor of The Futures Of Women. (Traub:) Computer scientist at Columbia; author of Complexity And Information (forthcoming). Joseph Traub Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University;...	Writer, The New York Times; author of Fire In The Mind; Machinery Of The Mind. George Johnson Author; The Cancer Chronicles, The Ten Most Beautiful...
Cognitive scientist, University of California, Berkeley; coauthor of Metaphors We Live ; author of Women, Fire, And Dangerous Things. George Lakoff Fellow at The Rockridge Institute; Author, The Little Blue...	Computer scientist; V-P of R&D at the Walt Disney Company author of How Computers Think (forthcoming). W. Daniel Hillis Physicist, Computer Scientist, Co-Founder, Applied...
(McCorduck:) Writer; author of Machines Who Think; coauthor of The Futures Of Women. (Traub:) Computer scientist at Columbia; author of Complexity And Information (forthcoming). Pamela McCorduck Author, Machines Who Think, The Universal Machine, Bounded...	Attorney; founder of Counsel Connect; Co-Director, Cyberspace Law Institute. David R. Johnson Chairman of Counsel Connect
Physicist, Case Western Reserve Universe University; author of The Fifth Essence; Fear Of Physics; The Physics Of Star Trek. Lawrence M. Krauss Theoretical Physicist; Foundation Professor, School of...	Mathematician; author of What Is Mathematics, Really? Reuben Hersh Professor emeritus, University of New Mexico
Technology reporter, The New York Times; coauthor, Takedown. John Markoff Pulitzer Prize-winning Reporter, The New York Times; Author...	Astrophysicist at the Institute for Advanced Study; President of the Kira Institute. Piet Hut professor of astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced...
Psychiatrist at the University of Michigan; coauthor of Why We Get Sick. Randolph Nesse Research Professor of Life Sciences, Director (2014-2019),...	Electrical engineer at USC; author of Fuzzy Thinking; Nanotime. Bart Kosko Information Scientist and Professor of Electrical...
Developmental psychologist; co-author of The Child: A Contemporary View Of Development. Judith Rich Harris Independent Investigator and Theoretician; Author, The...	Editor emeritus of Nature; author of The Doomsday Syndrome; What Remains To Be Discovered (forthcoming). Sir John Maddox Editor (Emeritus), Nature; Royal Commissions on...
Psychologist at The New School for Social Research; author of Consciousness Regained; A History Of The Mind; Leaps Of Faith. Nicholas Humphrey Emeritus Professor of Psychology, London School of...	Freelance writer, and a contributing editor at Wired and Newsweek International. Oliver Morton Chief News and Features Editor
Executive editor, Wired; author of Out Of Control. Kevin Kelly Senior Maverick, Wired; Author, What Technology Wants and...	Physicist at MIT, who works on problems having to do with information and complex systems. Seth Lloyd Professor of Quantum Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Author,...
Mathematician; author of Goedel's Theorems; A Workbook On Formalization. Verena Huber-Dyson 1923-2016; Emeritus Professor, Formerly, Philosophy...	Founder of Animatrix, an interactive design company; currently teaches interactive design at Stanford. Marney Morris Professor of Interaction Design, Engineering Department,...
Biologist at the Santa Fe Institute; author of Origins Of Order; At Home In The Universe. Stuart A. Kauffman Professor of Biological Sciences, Physics, Astronomy,...	Sociologist at the University of Chicago; author of The Social Organization Of Sexuality. Edward O. Laumann Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at the...
Science writer; author of The End Of Science. John Horgan Director, Center for Science Writings, Stevens Institute of...	Editor, Release 1.0 Jerry Michalski Managing Editor of Release 1.0
Computer scientist; founder: Wide Area Information Servers Inc.; The Internet Archive; Alexa. Brewster Kahle Digital librarian of the internet	Cognitive scientist at Boston University; author of Studies Of Mind And Brain; The Adaptive Brain. Stephen Grossberg Principal founders of the fields of computational...
Research astrophysicist, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley; coauthor of Wrinkles in Time George Smoot experimental astrophysics and observational cosmology	Retired Director of the American Institute of Physics; author of The World Of Elementary Particles. Kenneth W. Ford Retired Director of the American Institute of Physics
Technology Correspondent, New York Times; author of Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner Technology Correspondent, New York Times; Author, Mother...	Brazilian physicist, Dartmouth; author of The Dancing Universe. Marcelo Gleiser Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy, Dartmouth College...
Artist, writer, and business man; former cast member of The Monkees Michael Nesmith Existence is Non-Time, Non-Sequential, and Non-Objective	Evolutionary biologist at Amherst; author of Evolution Of Infectious Disease. Paul W. Ewald Professor of Biology, Amherst College; Author, Plague Time
Physicist, Institute for Advanced Study; author of Disturbing The Universe; From Eros To Gaia. Freeman Dyson Physicist, Institute of Advanced Study; Author, Disturbing...	Biologist, Schumacher College; author of How The Leopard Changed Its Spots Brian Goodwin Professor of Biology at Schumacher College
Psychologist at Hope College; author of The Pursuit of Happiness David G. Myers Professor of Psychology, Hope College; Co-author,...	Paleontologist and Curator at The American Museum of Natural History; author of The High Table; Dominion. Niles Eldredge Paleontologist; Author, Darwin
President, Edventures Holdings, Inc; publisher of Release 1.0 Newsletter; author of Release 2.0. Esther Dyson Investor; Chairman, EDventure Holdings; Executive Founder,...	EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Staff Counsel. Mike Godwin Contributing Editor at Reason
Co-editor and translator of the German edition of the writings and lectures of Jacques Lacan Hans Joachim Metzger Co-editor and translator of the German edition of the...	Biologist at University College, London; author of The Triumph of the Embryo ; The Unnatural Nature of Science Lewis Wolpert Professor of Biology
Columnist for Pc Magazine; Pc/Computing, Boardwatch. John C. Dvorak Columnist; Broadcaster in areas of technology and computing	Nobel laureate physicist at the Santa Fe Institute; author of The Quark And The Jaguar. Murray Gell-Mann Theoretical Physicist
Leading authority in the field of Russian Aleut kayaks; author of Baidarka; Darwin Among The Machines. George Dyson Science Historian; Author, Analogia	Neuroscientist, University of Arizona; coeditor of Toward A Science Of Consciousness. Stuart Hameroff Professor, Anesthesiology and Psychology Associate Director...
Writer; author of The Sand Dollar & the Slide Rule; The Hominid Gang Delta Willis Paleontologist; Author, Hominid Gang	Biologist, UCLA Medical School; author of The Third Chimpanzee; Guns, Germs, And Steel Jared Diamond Professor of Geography, University of California Los...
Computer scientist at Yale; author of Mirror Worlds; Drawing Life. David Gelernter Computer Scientist, Yale University; Chief Scientist,...	Web pioneer; Director of Marketing for the Cosmo Software division of Silicon Graphics John McCrea Web pioneer; Director of Marketing for the Cosmo Software...
Physicist at MIT; author of The Inflationary Universe. Alan Guth Cosmologist; Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics, MIT...	Evolutionary biologist (emeritus) at SUNY -Stony Brook; author of Adaptation and Natural Selection; The Ponyfish's Glow George C. Williams was an evolutionary biologist; professor emeritus of ecology
Professor, Mathematical Behavioral Sciences Dept., University Of California, Irvine. Arthur De Vany Professor Emeritus of Economics and Mathematical Behavioral...	Psychologist at Harvard; author of Frames Of Mind; The Mind's New Science; Extraordinary Minds. Howard Gardner Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard...
Paleoanthropologist at Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University; author of Lucy; The Beginnings of Humankind Donald Johanson Paleoanthropologist at Institute of Human Origins, Arizona...	President and CEO of Learn Technologies Interactive in New York City, an interactive media developer and publisher. Luyen Chou Senior Vice President, Product Strategy, Pearson
Mathematical physicist at University of California, Riverside. John Baez Mathematical Physicist, U.C. Riverside	Physicist, Oxford University; author of The Fabric Of Reality. David Deutsch Physicist, University of Oxford; Author, The Beginning of...
Founder of The Whole Earth Catalog; author of How Buildings Learn. Stewart Brand Founder, the Whole Earth Catalog; Co-founder, The Well; Co-...	Biologist and BBC Radio Four broadcaster; author of The Seed Savers Handbook. Jeremy Cherfas Biologist; Senior Science Writer, Bioversity International...
Science writer for The New York Times; author of Natural Obsessions, The Beauty Of The Beastly. Natalie Angier Pulitzer prize winning science writer for The New York Times	Philosopher, Tufts University; author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea; Kinds Of Minds. Daniel C. Dennett Philosopher; Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Co...
Physicist, University of California, Irvine; author of Timescape. Gregory Benford Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UC-Irvine;...	Editor of Nature. Philip Campbell Editor-in-Chief of Nature since 1995; Beginning summer 2018...
Nobel laureate physicist at Princeton. Philip W. Anderson Nobel Laureate; Physicist	Cognitive neuropsychologist, Institut National de la SantÅ½; author of The Number Sense. Stanislas Dehaene Neuroscientist; Collège de France, Paris; Author, How We...
Anthropologist, George Mason University; author Composing A Life; Peripheral Visions. Mary Catherine Bateson Professor Emerita, George Mason University; Visiting...	Theoretical neurophysiologist, University of Washington; author of The Cerebral Code; How Brains Think. William H. Calvin Theoretical Neurobiologist; Affiliate Professor Emeritus,...
Editor of New Scientist, biologist and author of Science And Technology In Japan Alun Anderson Senior Consultant (and former Editor-in-Chief and...	Evolutionary biologist, Oxford; author of River Out Of Eden; Climbing Mount Improbable. Richard Dawkins Evolutionary Biologist; Emeritus Professor of the Public...
Cosmologist, Professor of Astronomy, University of Sussex, UK; author of Theories Of Everything; Pi In The Sky. John D. Barrow Cosmologist; Physicist; Professor of Mathematical Science,...	Publisher, Silicon Alley Reporter. Jason Calacanis Internet Entrepreneur; Angel Investor
Physicist, Harvard University. Sidney Coleman Physicist, Harvard University	Physicist, University of Adelaide, Australia; author of The Mind Of God; Are We Alone. Paul Davies Theoretical physicist; cosmologist; astro-biologist; co-...
Co-founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation; a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead. John Perry Barlow Co-founder and Co-chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation	Psychologist at University of Texas at Austin; author of The Evolution Of Desire. David M. Buss Professor of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin;...
Neuroscientist, Oxford; President, British Association for the Advancement of Science; author of The Mind's Brain Colin Blakemore Chief Executive, Medical Research Council;Waynflete...	Psychologist, University of Chicago; author of Flow: The Psychology Of Optimal Experience; Creativity. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Psychologist; Director, Quality of Life Research Center,...
Theoretical physicist; author of The Frame Of Mind. Julian Barbour Theoretical physicist; Author, The Janus Point	Computer scientist; director of MIT's AI Lab. Rodney A. Brooks Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus); Former Director...