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Yuri MilnerRead [17]
Physicist; Entrepreneur & Venture Capitalist; Science Philanthropist

 

 

 

 

If we discover another intelligent civilization, what should we ask them?

 

 

 

 

 

Read MontagueRead [18]
Neuroscientist; Director, Human Neuroimaging Lab and Computational Psychiatry Unit, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute; Author, Why Choose This Book?: How We Make Decisions

 

 

 

 

Are feelings computable?

 

 

 

 

Dave MorinDave [19]
Internet Entrepreneur; Angel Investor

 

 

 

 

Is the brain a computer or an antenna?

 

 

 

 

Lisa MosconiLisa [20]
Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College /NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Adjunct faculty, NYU school of medicine; Author, Brainfood

 

 

 

 

Is there an evolutionary advantage to building societies that favor entertaining over understanding?

 

 

 

 

David G. MyersDavid G. [21]
Professor of Psychology, Hope College; Co-author, Psychology, 11th Edition

 

 

 

 

Does religious engagement promote or impede morality, altruism, and human flourishing?

 

 

 

 

Priyamvada NatarajanPriyamvada [22]
Professor in Departments of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University, focusing on exotica in the universe-dark matter, dark energy, and black holes; Author, Mapping the Heavens

 

 

 

 

Are there limits to what we can know about the universe?

 

 

 

 

John NaughtonJohn [23]
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge; Director, Wolfson College Press Fellowship Programme; Columnist, the Observer; Author, From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg

 

 

 

 

Why do humans who possess or acquire unaccountable power over others invariably abuse it?

 

 

 

 

Randolph NesseRandolph [24]
Professor of Life Sciences, Director, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University; Co-author (with George C. Williams), Why We Get Sick

 

 

 

 

In what situations does the capacity for low mood give a selective advantage?

 

 

 

 

Richard NisbettRichard [25]
Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan; Author, Mindware

 

 

 

 

What does the conscious mind do that is impossible for the unconscious mind?

 

 

 

 

Tor NørretrandersTor [26]
Writer; Speaker; Thinker, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 

 

 

What is the flow of information through human beings?

 

 

 

 

Michael I. NortonMichael I. [27]
Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration, Director of Research, Harvard Business School; Co-author (with Elizabeth Dunn), Happy Money

 

 

 

 

Why do humans behave as though what can be known is finite?

 

 

 

 

Martin NowakMartin [28]
Professor of Biology and Mathematics, Harvard University; Co-author, SuperCooperators

 

 

 

 

What is the purpose of it?

 

 

 

 

James J. O'DonnellJames J. [29]
Classics Scholar, University Librarian, ASU; Author, Pagans

 

 

 

 

When will "human being" cease to be a meaningful category to speak of?

 

 

 

 

Tim O'ReillyTim [30]
Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media, Inc.; Author, WTF?: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us

 

 

 

 

How can AI and other digital technologies help us create global institutions that we can trust?

 

 

 

 

Hans Ulrich ObristHans Ulrich [31]
Curator, Serpentine Gallery, London; Editor: A Brief History of Curating; Formulas for Now; Co-author (with Rem Koolhas), Project Japan: Metabolism Talks

 

 

 

 

Does the future belong to non-human entities?

 

 

 

 

Steve OmohundroSteve [32]
Scientist, Self-Aware Systems; Co-founder, Center for Complex Systems Research

 

 

 

 

How did our sense of mathematical beauty arise?

 

 

 

 

Toby OrdToby [33]
Philosopher, Oxford University; Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute

 

 

 

 

What can humanity do right now that will make the biggest difference over the next billion years?

 

 

 

 

Gloria OriggiGloria [34]
Philosopher and Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris; Author, Reputation: What it is and Why it Matters

 

 

 

 

Why do even the most educated people today feel that their grip on what they can truly know is weaker than ever before?

 

 

 

 

Mark PagelMark [35]
Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Reading University, UK; Fellow, Royal Society; Author, Wired for Culture

 

 

 

 

Is a single world language and culture inevitable?

 

 

 

 

Elaine PagelsElaine [36]
Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University; Author, Revelations

 

 

 

 

Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century?

 

 

 

 

Bruce ParkerBruce [37]
Visiting Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology; Author, The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters

 

 

 

 

Is the assertion "Nothingness is impossible" the most fundamental statement we can make about our existence?

 

 

 

 

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