Epstein Secrets

FOREWORD: EVER BROCKMAN SINCE Mt 1960s, John BroclunanaTms pioneering activities have been diverse and multidirectional, marked by a fearlessness and fluidity of thought.

methods. Out of his experiences in the avant-garde art world of New York, BrockmanaTMs writings were quickly evolving. His first book, By The Late John Brockman (1969), was introduced in 1968 as part of a six-evening avant-garde program at the Poetry Center at the 92nd St Y in New York. Preceding and followi

son, Margaret Mead, and Heinz von Foerster,a remarked Brockman. In April of that year, a group that included von Foerster, Bateson, Zen philosopher Alan Watts, and dolphin researcher John Lilly convened the legendary AUM (ficeAmerican University of Mastersa) Conference in Big Sur to study G. Spencer Browne

From: John Brockman <-> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 10:06 PM To: Epstein Jeffrey Subject: about the AUM CONFERENCE https://edge.org/conversation/gregory-bat

From: John Brockman <-> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 10:06 PM

Sur. California. A diverse =roup of thinkers are assembled to spend ten days together exploring the =ork of British mathematician G. Spencer Brown. Alan Watts and John =illy, the coorganizers, are billing the event as "The AUM Conference." =horthand for The American University of Masters. They have gather

Penguin Press National Pub date: February 19, 2019 Title: DEEP THINKING Subtitle: 7wenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI By: John Brockman Length: 90,000 words Headline: Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have b

ener’s words again. In Deep Thinking, John Brockman gathers their disparate visions of where AI might be taking us. The fruit of the long history of Brockman’s profound engagement with the most important scientific minds who have been thinking about AI—from Alison Gopnik and David Deutsch to Frank Wilczek

ing about these issues at the time was on the radar screen of the 2"4 order Cybernetics crowd, including Heinz von Foerster as well as John Lilly and Alan Watts, who were the co-organizers of something called "The AUM Conference," shorthand for “The American University of Masters”, which took place in Big Sur

Penguin Press National Pub date: February 19, 2019 Title: DEEP THINKING Subtitle: 7wenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI By: John Brockman Length: 90,000 words Headline: Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have b

ener’s words again. In Deep Thinking, John Brockman gathers their disparate visions of where AI might be taking us. The fruit of the long history of Brockman’s profound engagement with the most important scientific minds who have been thinking about AI—from Alison Gopnik and David Deutsch to Frank Wilczek

ing about these issues at the time was on the radar screen of the 2"4 order Cybernetics crowd, including Heinz von Foerster as well as John Lilly and Alan Watts, who were the co-organizers of something called "The AUM Conference," shorthand for “The American University of Masters”, which took place in Big Sur