2013 : WHAT SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT?

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2013 : WHAT SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT?

Chinese Eugenics Geoffrey Miller Evolutionary psychologist, NYU Stern Business School and...	What We Learn From Firefighters Nassim Nicholas Taleb Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering, New York...
That We Won't Make Use Of The Error Catastrophe Threshold William McEwan Investigator Scientist, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology...	A Fearful Asymmetry: The Worrying World Of A Would-Be 'Science' Helena Cronin Co-director of LSE's Centre for Philosophy of Natural...
Misplaced Worries Dan Sperber Social and Cognitive Scientist; CEU Budapest and CNRS Paris...	We Are In Denial About Catastrophic Risks Martin Rees Former President, The Royal Society; Emeritus Professor of...
The Disconnect Barbara Strauch Science Editor, The New York Times; Author, The Secret Life...	Unfriendly Physics, Monsters From The Id, And Self-Organizing Collective Delusions John Tooby Founder of field of Evolutionary Psychology; Co-director,...
Worry About Internet Drivel David Gelernter Computer Scientist, Yale University; Chief Scientist,...	We Don't Do Politics Brian Eno Artist; Composer; Recording Producer: U2, Coldplay, Talking...
The Black Hole Of Finance Seth Lloyd Professor of Quantum Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Author,...	The Opinions Of Search Engines W. Daniel Hillis Physicist, Computer Scientist, Co-Founder, Applied...
The Mating Wars David M. Buss Professor of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin;...	Computer-Generated Fascism David Bodanis Writer; Futurist; Author, Einstein's Greatest Mistake
Data Disenfranchisement David Rowan Editor, WIRED UK	The Patience Deficit Nicholas G. Carr Author, Utopia is Creepy
The Underpopulation Bomb Kevin Kelly Senior Maverick, Wired; Author, What Technology Wants and...	Big Experiments Won't Happen Lisa Randall Physicist, Harvard University; Author, Dark Matter and the...
"Smart" Evgeny Morozov Contributing Editor, Foreign Policy; Syndicated Columnist;...	What—Me Worry? J. Craig Venter A leading scientist of the 21st century for Genomic...
The Promise Of Catharsis Andrian Kreye Editor, The Feuilleton (Arts and Essays), of the German...	I've Given Up Asking Questions Terry Gilliam Screenwriter; Film Director; Animator; Actor; Member, Monty...
The Anthropocebo Effect Jennifer Jacquet Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, NYU; Author,...	The Relative Obscurity Of The Writings Of Édouard Glissant Hans Ulrich Obrist Curator, Serpentine Gallery, London; Editor: A Brief...
The Danger Of Inadvertently Praising Zygomatic Arches Robert Sapolsky Neuroscientist, Stanford University; Author, Behave	The Loss Of Death Kate Jeffery Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience, Dept. of...
One Universe Lawrence M. Krauss Theoretical Physicist; Foundation Professor, School of...	The Rise Of Anti-Intellectualism And The End Of Progress Tim O'Reilly Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media, Inc.; Author, WTF?:...
Applying Classic Science To Understand "Modern States" Shaped By Crime Eduardo Salcedo-Albaran Philosopher; Director, Scientific Vortex, Inc.	Lamplight Probabilities Bart Kosko Information Scientist and Professor of Electrical...
What Is Conscious? Timo Hannay Founding Managing Director, SchoolDash; Co-organizer, Sci...	Men Helen Fisher Biological Anthropologist, Rutgers University; Author, Why...
Science By (Social) Media Michael I. Norton Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration,...	Unmitigated Arrogance Jessica L. Tracy Associate Professor of Psychology, University of British...
Technology May Endanger Democracy Haim Harari Physicist, former President, Weizmann Institute of Science...	"The Singularity": There's No There There Bruce Sterling Science Fiction Author, Mirrorshades
MADness Vernor Vinge Mathematician; Computer Scientist; Hugo Award-winning...	Blown Opportunities Frank Wilczek Physicist, MIT; Recipient, 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics;...
The Power Of Bad Incentives Sam Harris Neuroscientist; Philosopher; Author, Waking Up	Quantum Mechanics Lee Smolin Physicist, Perimeter Institute; Author, Time Reborn
Are We Homogenizing The Global View Of A Normal Mind? P. Murali Doraiswamy Professor of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience...	Science Publishing Marco Iacoboni Neuroscientist; Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral...
Is The New Public Sphere... Public? Andrew Lih Associate Professor of Journalism, American University;...	Excellence Eric R. Weinstein Mathematician and Economist; Managing Director of Thiel...
World As We Know It Richard Foreman Playwright & Director; Founder, The Ontological-...	Stress Arianna Huffington Chair, President, Editor-In-Chief, The Huffington Post...
Science Has Not Brought Us Closer To Understanding Cancer Xeni Jardin Tech Culture Journalist; Partner, Contributor, Co-editor,...	Losing Touch Christine Finn Archaeologist; Journalist; Author, Artifacts, Past Poetic
The Human-Nature Divide Scott Sampson President & CEO, Science World British Columbia;...	Are We Becoming Too Connected? Gino Segre Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of...
Putting Our Anxieties To Work Joseph LeDoux Professor of Neural Science, Psychology, Psychiatry, and...	Authoritarian Submission Michael Vassar Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, MetaMed Research
Incompetent Systems John Naughton Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in the Arts,...	Too Much Coupling Steven Strogatz Professor of Applied Mathematics, Cornell University;...
Power And The Internet Bruce Schneier Fellow and Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School; Author, Data...	Close To The Edge Kai Krause Software Pioneer; Philosopher; Author, A Realtime...
The End Of Fundamental Science? Mario Livio Astrophysicist; Author, Why?: What Makes Us Curious	The Paradox Of Material Progress Rolf Dobelli Founder, Zurich Minds; Journalist; Author, The Art of...
The Fragility Of Complex Systems Randolph Nesse Professor of Life Sciences, Director, Center for Evolution...	Rats In A Spherical Trap Gregory Benford Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UC-Irvine;...
Close Observation And Description Ursula Martin Professor of Computer Science, University of Oxford	Global Greying David Berreby Journalist; Author, Us and Them
The Fourth Culture Bruce Parker Visiting Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology; Author...	The Coming Fight Between Engineers And Druids Paul Saffo Technology Forecaster; Consulting Associate Professor,...
Impact Bruce Hood Chair of Developmental Psychology in Society, University of...	The Complex, Consequential, Not-So-Easy Decisions About Our Water Resources Giulio Boccaletti Chief Strategy Officer of The Nature Conservancy
Children Of Newton And Modernity Stuart A. Kauffman Professor of Biological Sciences, Physics, Astronomy,...	The Teenage Brain Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Royal Society University Research Fellow and Professor of...
Augmented Reality William Poundstone Journalist; Author, The Doomsday Calculation; Nominated...	Where Did You Get That Fact? Victoria Stodden Associate Professor of Information Sciences, University of...
Social Media: The More Together, The More Alone Marcel Kinsbourne Neurologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist, The New School;...	Is Idiocracy Looming? Douglas T. Kenrick Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University; Author,...
The Disconnect Between News And Understanding Gavin Schmidt Climatologist; Director, NASA's Goddard Institute for...	Objects Of Desire Sherry Turkle Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of...
Say It Ain't So Stuart Firestein Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences,...	Being Told That Our Destiny Is Among The Stars Ed Regis Science writer; Author, Monsters
Global Cooperation Is Failing And We Don't Know Why Daniel Haun Professor of Early Child Development and Culture, Director...	Morbid Anxiety Joel Gold Psychiatrist; Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry,...
Worrying About Children Alison Gopnik Psychologist, UC, Berkeley; Author, The Gardener and the...	A Synthetic World Seirian Sumner Reader, Behavioral Ecology, University College London
The Death Of Mathematics Keith Devlin Mathematician; Executive Director, H-STAR Institute,...	Losing Our Hands Susan Blackmore Psychologist; Visiting Professor, University of Plymouth;...
Internet Silos Larry Sanger Co-founder of Wikipedia and Citizendium	The New Age Of Anxiety Gary Klein Senior Scientist, MacroCognition LLC; Author, Seeing What...
Does The Human Species Have The Will To Survive? Dave Winer Blogging and RSS Software Pioneer; Editor, Scripting News...	All The T In China Robert Kurzban Psychologist, UPenn; Director, Penn Laboratory for...
Neural Data Privacy Rights: An Invitation For Progress In The Guise Of An Approaching Worry Melanie Swan Philosophy and Economic Theory, the New School for Social...	Armageddon Timothy Taylor Professor of the Prehistory of Humanity, University of...
No Surprises From The LHC: No Worries For Theoretical Physics Amanda Gefter Physics writer; Author, Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn	Losing Completeness Anton Zeilinger Physicist, University of Vienna; Scientific Director,...
Worries On The Mystery Of Worry Donald D. Hoffman Cognitive Scientist, UC, Irvine; Author, Visual Intelligence	The Growing Gap Between The Scientific Elite And The Vast "Scientifically Challenged" Majority Leo M. Chalupa Neurobiologist; Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology,...
Presentism Noga Arikha Historian of ideas; Author, Passions and Tempers: A History...	Metaworry Brian Knutson Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience; Stanford...
Do We Understand The Dynamics Of Our Emerging Global Culture? Kirsten Bomblies Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Organismic &...	The Loss Of Lust Tor Nørretranders Writer; Speaker; Thinker, Copenhagen, Denmark
We Worry Too Much About Fictional Violence Jonathan Gottschall Distinguished Research Fellow, English Department,...	The Consequences Of Our Increasing Knowledge Of What Causes Disease, And Its Consequences For Human Freedom Esther Dyson Catalyst, Information Technology Startups, EDventure...
A World Of Cascading Crises Peter Schwartz Futurist; Senior Vice President for Global Government...	Natural Death Antony Garrett Lisi Theoretical physicist
C.P. Snow's 'Two Cultures': The Nature-Nurture Debate Simon Baron-Cohen Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of...	The Demise Of The Scholar Daniel L. Everett Linguistic Researcher; Dean of Arts and Sciences, Bentley...
The Unavoidable Intrusion Of Sociopolitical Forces Into Science Nicholas A. Christakis Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Yale...	Who Gets to Play in the Science Ballpark Stephon H. Alexander Professor of Physics at Brown University; Author, The Jazz...
Communities Of Fate Margaret Levi Sara Miller McCune Director, Center For Advanced Study in...	Working with Others? Stephen M. Kosslyn Founding Dean, Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate...
Working with Others? Robin S. Rosenberg Clinical Psychologist; Author, What's the Matter with...	Super-A.I.s Won't Rule The World (Unless They Get Culture First) Andy Clark Professor of Cognitive Philosophy, Department of Philosophy...
Posthuman Geography David Dalrymple Research affiliate, MIT Media Lab	The Danger From Aliens Seth Shostak Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute; Author, Confessions of...
Current Sequencing Strategies Ignore the Role of Microorganisms in Cancer Azra Raza, M.D. Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine, Columbia University...	Human Intuitions Will Stifle Technological Progress David Pizarro Associate Professor of Psychology, Cornell University
Illusions Of Understanding And The Loss Of Intellectual Humility Tania Lombrozo Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley	The End Of Hardship Inoculation Adam Alter Psychologist; Assistant Professor of Marketing, Stern...
An Exploding Number Of New Illegal Drugs Thomas Metzinger Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg-...	Superstition Matt Ridley Science Writer; Fellow, Royal Society of Literature and the...
History And Contingency Paul Kedrosky Editor, Infectious Greed; General Partner, SK Ventures	The Triumph Of The Virtual, And Its Consequences Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Psychologist; Director, Quality of Life Research Center,...
There Is Nothing To Worry About, And There Never Was Virginia Heffernan Columnist, The New York Times Magazine; Editorial Director...	The Cultural And Cognitive Consequences Of Electronics Luca De Biase Journalist; Editor, Nova 24, of Il Sole 24 Ore
Failure Of Genomics For Mental Disorders Terrence J. Sejnowski Computational Neuroscientist; Francis Crick Professor, the...	Crisis At The Foundations Of Physics Steve Giddings Theoretical Physicist; Professor, Department of Physics,...
The Behavior Of Normal People Karl Sabbagh Producer; Founder, Managing Director, Skyscraper...	Democracy Dylan Evans Founder and CEO of Projection Point; Author, The Utopia...
Human Population, Prosperity Growth: One I Fear, One I Don't Laurence C. Smith Professor and Chair of Geography; Professor of Earth,...	Magic Neil Gershenfeld Physicist, Director, MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms;...
The Rise In Genomic Instability Eric Topol Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Translational Science...	Can They Read My Brain? Stanislas Dehaene Neuroscientist; Collège de France, Paris; Author,...
A World Without Growth? Satyajit Das Former Financier; Author, Age of Stagnation	The Dangerous Fascination Of Imagination Carlo Rovelli Theoretical Physicist; Aix-Marseille University, in the...
Worrying James J. O'Donnell Classics Scholar, University Librarian, ASU; Author, Pagans	The Gift Of Worry Robert Provine Research Professor/Professor Emeritus, University of...
Not Enough Robots Rodney A. Brooks Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus); Former Director...	Safe Mode For The Internet? George Dyson Science Historian ; Author, Turing’s Cathedral; Darwin...
Life As We Know It Max Tegmark Physicist, MIT; Researcher, Precision Cosmology; Scientific...	Unknown Unknowns Gary Marcus Professor of Psychology, Director NYU Center for Language...
Our Blindspots Daniel Goleman Psychologist; Author (with Richard Davidson), Altered Traits	The Is-Ought Fallacy Of Science And Morality Michael Shermer Publisher, Skeptic magazine; Monthly Columnist, Scientific...
The Loss Of Our Collective Cognition And Awareness Douglas Rushkoff Media Analyst; Documentary Writer; Author, Throwing Rocks...	The Decline Of The Scientific Hero Roger Highfield Director, External Affairs, Science Museum Group; Co-author...
What Is A Good Life? David Christian Director, Big History Institute and Distinguished Professor...	Digital Tat ... Juan Enriquez Managing Director, Excel Venture Management; Co-author (...
Capture Charles Seife Professor of Journalism, New York University; Former...	Society's Parlous Inability To Reason About Uncertainty Aubrey de Grey Gerontologist; Chief Science Officer, SENS Foundation;...
Fast Knowledge Nicholas Humphrey Emeritus Professor of Psychology, London School of...	The "Nightmare Scenario" For Fundamental Physics Peter Woit Mathematical Physicist, Columbia University; Author, Not...
Homogenization Of The Human Experience Scott Atran Anthropologist, Research Director, Centre National de la...	We Won't Be Able To Understand Everything Clifford Pickover Author, The Math Book, The Physics Book, and The Medical...
Systematic Thinking About How We Package Our Worries Mary Catherine Bateson Professor Emerita, George Mason University; Visiting...	The Real Risk Factors For War Steven Pinker Johnstone Family Professor, Department of Psychology;...
Worrying About Stupid Roger Schank CEO, Socratic Arts Inc.; John Evans Professor Emeritus of...	The Belief Or Lack Of Belief In Free Will Is Not A Scientific Matter Howard Gardner Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard...
Science Is In Danger Of Becoming The Enemy Of Humankind Colin Tudge Biologist; Author, Six Steps Back to the Land	Living Without The Internet For A Couple Of Weeks Daniel C. Dennett Philosopher; Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Co...
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Words? Benjamin K. Bergen Associate Professor, Cognitive Science, University of...