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is a salon for the world's finest minds. On the facing page they discuss Marshall McLuhan, elitism and the future of the internet T . o 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 creativ

ke 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 all enviable stable of high- profile scientists and communicators, in both cases the descript

The result: a whopping hardback, How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future, published last week by Atlantic Books. Reading it over Christmas, I was intrigued by the book and emailed John Brockman to discuss some of the thoughts it evoked. What follows is an