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From: Joichi Ito Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 4:45 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: One Science - second pass Thanks. (Tip: Use NRR to mean No Reply Required - thank you!) > On May 29, 2017, at 12:45 PM, jeffrey E. [email protected]> =rote: > ill edit , over the next few days good first draft > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Joichi Ito =rote: > How about this? > We propose a "One Science" initiative hosted at the =edia Lab to generate and launch a number of collaborative research =rograms in science by approaching the development of the questions as =ell as the framework for addressing them in a new and nontraditional =ay. This will require discretionary funding that allows flexibility, =ivoting and interdisciplinary collaboration beyond the constraints of =ypical foundation and federal funding approaches. > Almost all of the important problems that science faces are complex =nd interdisciplinary, yet the majority of traditional research labs =till focus on a single discipline or problem. To tackle difficult =hallenges, such as curing or augmenting the human body; developing, =eploying and regulating artificial intelligence; or understanding, =esigning and managing the future of genomics and our species, we need =nterdisciplinary—and perhaps more importantly, =ntidisciplinary—groups of the best researchers in any number of =isparate fields. Working together, bound tightly in an operating group, =hese scientists are unencumbered by the "walls" of =isciplines and federal funding silos. These teams develop tools and =ull expertise from any field, exploiting "low-hanging fruit =9D discoveries in neglected areas. Unlike sciences like physics, which =ave an established paradigm, these are "pre-paradigmatic =ciences"—the principles are not yet clear, the textbook is =ncomplete, there are no hard and fast rules, so the disciplinary source =f a given revolution is highly unpredictable. > While academia can attract the brightest researchers whose thinking is =ot yet encumbered by traditional disciplinary biases, it does not =ecessarily provide the best model for attracting funding for =E2 unproven" research initiatives, or for scaling. The =edia Lab's "secret sauce" is its ability to =ring together a constantly evolving community of hundreds of faculty =embers, staff researchers, and graduate students, and draw on the =roader research community at MIT and beyond. We can assemble teams of =heoretical scientists as well as engineers and designers to build new =ools and deploy them. The problems we are trying to tackle today are =ot as focused as the Manhattan Project, but rather involve a range of =xplorations in complex self-adaptive systems, such as biological =ystems. We are building a new kind of approach to advancing the =nderstanding, invention, and deployment of a non-discipline-segregated =E2 one science." > -. > please note > The information contained in this communication is confidential, may EFTA_R1_01887270 EFTA02648367 > be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and > is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of > JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or > any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you > have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], > and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all > attachments. copyright -all rights reserved <?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-idgkey> <integer>42991</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1496076331</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>717728</string> </dict> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_01887271 EFTA02648368