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What are You Optimistic About?: Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things are Used and Getting Better (RARE BOOKS)

What are You Optimistic About?: Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things are Used and Getting Better (RARE BOOKS)

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Conventional wisdom tells us that things are bad and getting worse. Yet despite dire predictions, scientists see many Used things on the horizon. John Brockman, publisher of Edge (www. edge. org), the influential online salon, recently asked more than 150 high-powered scientific thinkers to answer a vital question for our frequently pessimistic times: “What are you optimistic about?” Spanning a wide range of topics—from string theory to education, from population growth to medicine and even from global warming to the end of world—What Are You Optimistic About? Taps into an impressive array of world-class minds.

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