To: jeevacation©gmail.com[jeevacation©gmail.com]; Richard From: John Brockman Sent: Sun V8/2012 3:16:24 AM Subject: Observer: The Man Who Runs The World's Smartest Website (Sunday, January 8th) The New Review.Paqe1.0df The New Review.paqe12.pdf The New Review.oaoe13.0df The New Review.paqe14.pdf The New Review.oacie15.0df The Guardian/Observer THE NEW REVIEW Sunday, January 8, 2012 THE MAN WHO RUNS THE WORLD'S SMARTEST WEBSITE Since the mid-1960s John Brockman has been at the cutting edge of ideas. He is a passionate advocate of both science and the arts, and his website Edge is a salon for the world's finest minds John Naughton To say that John Brockman is a literary agent is like saying that David Hockney is a photographer. For while it's true that Hockney has indeed made astonishingly creative use of photography, and Brockman is indeed a successful literary agent who represents an enviable stable of high-profile scientists and communicators, in both cases the description rather understates the reality. More accurate ways of describing Brockman would be to say that he is a "cultural impresario" or, as his friend Stewart Brand puts it, an "intellectual enzyme". (Brand goes on EFTA_R1_00488487 EFTA01994475 helpfully to explain that an enzyme is "a biological catalyst - an adroit enabler of otherwise impossible things".) PDFs (with photographs) below - click on images to read Guardian Online: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/08/john-brockmanedge-interview-john-naughton?newsfeedtrue EFTA_R1_00488488 EFTA01994476