EDGE Questions
Responses by Randolph Nesse to Annual question posed by John Brockman for EDGE
2013 - WHAT *SHOULD* WE BE WORRIED ABOUT? : The Fragility Of Complex Systems
2009 - WHAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING? : RECOGNIZING THAT THE BODY IS NOT A MACHINE
2008 - WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY? : Truth does not reside with smart university experts
2007 - WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT? : We Will Find New Ways To Block Pessimism.
2006 - WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA? : Unspeakable Ideas
2004 - WHAT'S YOUR LAW? : Nesse's Laws for deciding when it is safe to use drugs to...
2003 - WHAT ARE THE PRESSING SCIENTIFIC ISSUES FOR THE NATION AND... : Dear President Bush,
2002 - WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? ... WHY? : Why is life so full of suffering? 2
2001 - WHAT QUESTIONS HAVE DISAPPEARED? Why is life so full of suffering? 1
2000 - WHAT IS TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT UNREPORTED STORY? : Is the Market on Prozac? This essay was reprinted in hundreds of newspapers. But its thesis, that SSRI use may make traders less cautious, thus exaggerating bubbles, has not yet been tested properly.
1999 - WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION IN THE PAST TWO...