From: John Brockman <

From: John Brockman < INIMI> To: Jeff Bezos , Serge Brin , Bill Gates , Jeffre Epstein <jeevacation , Chad Hurle Evgeny Lebedev Dean Kamen Marissa Mayer Nathan Myhrvold Larry Page Nick Pritzker "J. E. Safra" , Jeff Skoll , Mark Zuckerberg , Steve Case , John Doerr ail.com>, Maja Hoffmann , Bill Joy Salar Kamangar , Vinod Khosla Elon Musk , Pierre Omidyar ,Jean Pigozzi , Eric Schmidt Ricardo Salinias Pilego , Evan Williams Subject: Confidential - Craig Venter paper to be published in "Science" at 2pm today Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 14:48:19 +0000 Attachments: Venter Final_Text.doc NEW EMBARGO UNTIL 2PM TODAY (THURSDAY,MAY 20TH) - PLEASE KEEP THIS CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL THAT TIME "CREATION OF A BACTERIAL CELL CONTROLLED BY A CHEMICALLY SYNTHESIZED GENOME" by Venter et al SCIENCE is publishing a heavily embargoed paper at 2pm today by Craig Venter and his team. It's a game changer. Craig asked me to give a heads up to our mutual friends. The final text is attached as a Word file. I am on the Alcela en route to Washington and the 1 pm press conference. It will be quite a day. Life goes on ... but it won't be the same. Freeman Dyson, commenting on the paper on EDGE, wrote: "I feel sure of only one conclusion. The ability to design and create new forms of life marks a turning-point in the history of our species and our planet." EDGE is asking it's contributors for reactions to the paper (250 words) the following URL (also under embargo and password-protected until 2pm). I expect a lot of reactions in the coming days. Feel free to send your comments. http://www.edge.org/discourse/creation/creation_index.html user id: digitized pw: genomics Best, JB Mobile John Brockman President, Edge Foundation, 5 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 Inc. which I am posting at x110 EFTA00734558 The Edge Annual Question 2010: HOW IS THE INTERNET CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK? http://www.edge.org/g2010/g10_index.html EFTA00734559