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From: "John Brockman" < INIMI> To: "Jeffrey Epstein" <[email protected]> Subject: Preview - Danny Hlllis on "Cancering" (Edge Master Class 2010) video/audio/text Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:19:36 +0000 Eastover Farm PRESS EMBARGO UNTIL PUBLICATION, 11PM WEDNESDAY, SEPT 8TH "We make a mistake when we think of cancer as a noun. It is not something you have, it is something you do. Your body is probably cancering all the time. What keeps it under control is a conversation that is happening between your cells, and the language of that conversation is proteins. Proteomics will allow us to listen in on that conversation, and that will lead to much better way to treat cancer." "Cancering: Listening In On The Body's Proteomic Conversation" W. Daniel Hillis The Edge Master Class 2010 http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/hillis_master10/hillis_master10_index.html user id: hillis password: master A week or so ago, Danny Hillis gave the 2010 Edge Master Class in Napa on "Cancering: Listening In On The Body's Proteomic Conversation." I regret that the mid-August invitation to some of the busiest people in the world was sent with less than a week's notice. But this summer I decided to do an East Coast science conference(*) which kept me occupied through July, and, until I ran into Danny at SciFoo at Google, I had no idea about his new project, and, in fact, I had never heard the word "poteomics". The result is that among the regulars, Stewart Brand, Danny and I spent some time at Jacqui Safra's Spring Mountain Vineyard in St. Helena, and I am pleased to present a private preview "virtual" Master Class which consists on two one-hour streaming videos with accompanying audio download and printable text. Watch-listen-read. It's worth your time. What's missing is the conversation that usually follows (Nathan, Jeff, where were you!!). Danny is very interested in feedback from he group about the set of ideas he is advancing and his research project. So let the conversation begin, and I will publish as part of the "Class" on Wednesday, September 8th. Please send your comments to me - up to 500 words - either as email text or an ms Word attachment. (The usual EDGE editorial drill pertains: stick to ideas, empirical research, no selling from the stage, i.e. referring to your current and future books..."As I say in my forthcoming book..." No footnotes or hyperlinks.) I will post comments as they come in so you can track the conversation. I hope to hear from you. Best, JB 917-744-8920 Mobile (*) THE NEW SCIENCE OF MORALITY: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/morality10/morality10_index.html Distribution list: Paul Allen, Anna Barker, Jeff Bezos, Stewart Brand, Sidney Brenner, Sergey Brin, Steve Case, George Church, Paul Davies, John Doerr, Freeman Dyson, George Dyson, EFTA00757793 Jeffrey Epstein, Tony Fadell, Bill Gates, Florence Haseltine, William Haseltine, Maja Hoffman, Chad Hurley, Bill Joy, Daniel Kahneman, Salar Kamangar, Dean Kamen, Vinod Khosla, Thomas Khalil, Evgeny Lebedev, Marissa Mayer, Elon Musk, Nathan Myhrvold, Sendhil Mullainathan, Pierre Omidyar, Tim O'Reilly, Larry Page, Sean Parker, Jean Pigozzi, Nick Pritzker, Richard Rockefeller, Paul Romer, Jacqui Safra, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Eric Schmidt, David Servan-Schreiber, Charles Simonyi, Jeff Skoll, Richard Thaler, Anne Treisman, Craig Venter, Jimmy Wales, Evan Williams, Mark Zuckerberg John Brockman President, Edge Foundation, Inc. 5 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 212.935.8900 x110 The Edge Annual Question 2010: HOW IS THE INTERNET CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK? http://www.edge.org/q2010/q10_index.html EFTA00757794