What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

作者 John Brockman著
出版社 HarperCollins
出版时间 2014年2月
ISBN 9780062296238
定价 138.20

内容简介

WHATSHOULDWEBEWORRIEDABOUT?ThisisthequestionJohnBrockman,publisherofEdge.org(”Theworld’ssmartestwebsite”-TheGuardian),posedto150oftheworldbrightestandmostinfluentialminds.Someofthemosttroubling,potentiallyearth-shatteringproblemsofthefuture(includingtheeffectsofhyperactivemediaonchildren,andthegrowingnumberofnewlysynthesizednarcotics)arebarelyonthepublicradar.Atthesametime,someofourmostculturallyentrenchedfears(likeoverly-sophisticatedartificialintelligence,oraggressiveextraterrestrials)canconfidentlybeabandoned.Weworrybecausewearebuilttoanticipatethefuture.Nothingcanstopusfromworrying,butsciencecanteachushowtoworrybetter,andwhentostopworrying.Contributorsinclude:NassimNicholasTaleb,MartinRees,FrankWilczek,MihalyiCsikszentmihalyi,AriannaHuffington,DanielC.Dennett,StevenPinker,andmanymore

作者简介

Thefounderandpublisheroftheon-linesciencesalonEdge.org,JohnBrockmanistheeditorofThisExpIainsEverything,ThisWillMakeYouSmarter,IsTheInternetChangingtheWayYouThink,ThisWillChangeEverything,WhatIsYourDangerousIdea?,andWhatWeBelieveButCannotProve.HeistheCEOoftheliteraryagencyBrockmanInc.andlivesinNewYorkCity.