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Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol. several kinetic and "happenings" artists, avant- garde film-makers and dramatists, the Velvet Underground, and composer John Cage. This immersion in New York's arts scene also led to deep interest in science and technology Many of the pieces at the festival were informed by
ing books by scientists. Rauschenberg suggested to Brockman that he read George Gantow's One, Two, Threw... Infinity and The Mysterious Universe. Gerd Stern, co-founder of media collective USCO, who performed in conjunction with talks by Marshall McLuhan, introduced Brockman to several scientists and
self-regulating control, laid out in Norbert Wiener’s foundational text of 1948. I can date my own serious exposure to it to 1966, when the composer John Cage invited me and four or five other young arts people to join him for a series of dinners—an ongoing seminar about media, communications, art, music, a
chneemann; dancer Tricia Brown; filmmakers Jack Smith, Stan Vanderbeek, Ed Emshwiller, and the Kuchar brothers; avant-garde dramatist Ken Dewey; poet Gerd Stern and the USCO group; minimalist musicians Lamonte Young and Terry Riley; and through Warhol, the music group, The Velvet Underground. Many of these pe
self-regulating control, laid out in Norbert Wiener’s foundational text of 1948. I can date my own serious exposure to it to 1966, when the composer John Cage invited me and four or five other young arts people to join him for a series of dinners—an ongoing seminar about media, communications, art, music, a
chneemann; dancer Tricia Brown; filmmakers Jack Smith, Stan Vanderbeek, Ed Emshwiller, and the Kuchar brothers; avant-garde dramatist Ken Dewey; poet Gerd Stern and the USCO group; minimalist musicians Lamonte Young and Terry Riley; and through Warhol, the music group, The Velvet Underground. Many of these pe
Entities connected to both John Cage and Gerd Stern

John Brockman
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Marshall McLuhan
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Stewart Brand
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Andy Warhol
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Martha Stewart
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Steven Pinker
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George Dyson
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Wilbur Ross
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Michael Douglas
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McLuhan
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George W. Bush
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Hans Ulrich Obrist
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Richard Feynman
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James Watt
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Stephen Hawking
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Jonas Mekas
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Claes Oldenburg
PERSONRoger Schank
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