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

2012 - WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL... : Natural Selection Is Simple, But The Systems It Shapes Are Unimaginably Complex (Organic Complexity)

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

2005 - WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT PROVE IT? : Psychiatrist, University of Michigan; Coauthor, Why We Get...

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...

1998 - WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF? : How does the capacity for low mood give a selective advantage?