Special
Event!
January
10, 2000
The Annual
Edge Question:
"WHAT
IS TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT UNREPORTED STORY?"
Edited
by John Brockman
Two
years ago, to mark the first anniversary of Edge, I asked
the participants of The Third Culture Mail "What Questions Are You
Asking Yourself?".
"The World Question Center" was published on Edge on
December 30, 1997 and covered by The New York Times, Atlantic
Unbound, Die Zeit, The Independent, and New Scientist.
(See "Edge in the News.")
The project was interesting, worthwhile....and fun.
| "Big,
deep and ambitious questions....breathtaking in scope. Keep watching
The World Question Center." — New Scientist (editorial) |
Last
year, to mark the second anniversary of Edge, I polled the
list on (a) "What Is The Most
Important Invention In The Past Two Thousand Years?" ... and (b) "Why?".
Edge
publication on January 4, 1999 was covered by The Wall Street Journal,
Asahi Shimbun, Newsweek, Die Zeit, Bill Gates' New York Times
syndicated column, Salon, The Sciences, Feed, Scientific American,
The Telegraph, Wired News, and Peter Jennngs on ABC Nightly
News.
| "...Thoughtful
and often surprising answers ....a fascinating survey of intellectual
and creative wonders of the world ..... Reading them reminds
me of how wondrous our world is." — Bill Gates, New
York Times Syndicated Column |
Responses
to this year's question, "WHAT IS TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT UNREPORTED
STORY?" are available (a) by
clicking on the contributions of each of the 75 contributors to
date on this page, or (b) in a lenghtly "Easy-Print"
version of about 50,000 words.
Thank
you for your interest and Happy New Year!
John
Brockman
Publisher & Editor
Easy-Print version