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From: Ian Osborne < Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 5:57 PM To: John Brockman Cc: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: Edge event in London in April John, It was a pleasure to see you again at Jeffrey's. I am glad that we share =ommon views on subjects from to the modern-day TED. Many thanks for the kind invitation. I would be delighted to be part of =he Edge community. A number of people have mentioned it to me from =effrey to Sean. The latter was in particular raving about a gathering =ou did last summer in California - he definitely had a great time and =or Sean, who is not always 100% focused, his was high praise indeed. Yes, please let me know about London. I am just finalising my schedule =ut will be in town for at least part of that time. Best wishes, Ian On 18 Mar 2012, at 17:26, John Brockman wrote: > Dear Ian, > Nice to see you at Jeffrey's house last week. It occurs to me that =iven the various connections you might be interested in being part of =he very loosely affiliated Edge community which is run under my =onprofit Edge Foundation, Inc. > I can send you endless superlative blurbs about Edge.org: "The World's =martest Website" (Guardian); "The Best virtual university in the word =Arts & Letters Daily); "An epicenter of bleeding-edge insight across =cience, technology and beyond, hosting conversations with some of our =ra's greatest thinkers" (Atlantic). "Open-minded, free ranging, =ntellectually playful ... an unadorned pleasure in curiosity, a =ollective expression of wonder at the living and inanimate world ... an =ngoing and thrilling colloquium."— Ian McEwan, "The Telegraph") > But I rest my case with the following from "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" re =ur mutual friend Sean Parker: > "Parker's arrogance is legendary. But in front of Brockman he has =espect. 'Edge is the only thing I read, when I read anything,' Parker =aid, smiling awkwardly. Brockman did not respond to the compliment, but =t was not meant as a compliment. Rather it was as meant as recognition =f the pecking order of those involved in the great debate about how Our =ives and our society are changing due to the breath-taking speed in the =evelopment of digital technology and the natural sciences. =http://edge.org/conversation/the-roots-of-digital-thinking-nbsp%5Bdie-wur=eln-des-digitalen- denkens%5D) > In this regard I would like to put you on our private mail list (2 or = a month - see email that follows). In addition, we run private Master =lassed =http://edge.orgieventimaster-classes/the-edge-master-class-2007-a-short-c=urse-in- thinking-about-thinking) and the annual billionaires dinner EFTA_R1_01707235 EFTA02551254 =http://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html). And here's =ore than you could possibly want to know about me, but all of it is =nteresting (http://edge.org/memberbio/john_brockman). > We'll be in London Ap11.18 and I am organizing a couple of evenings. =ill you be around? > Best, > JB > > John Brockman > Mobile > > President > Edge Foundation, Inc. tel: > 5 East 59th Street fax: > New York, NY 10022 > Visit the EDGE Website at: http://www.edge.org <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/Propertylist-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>conversation-id</key> <integer>214219</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1332373680</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8590195713</integer> <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <integer>6</integer> <integer>2</integer> </array> <key>remote-id</key> <string>212763</string> </diet> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_01707236 EFTA02551255