the crack cocaine of the thinking world

Each year, the Edge Foundation asks a provocative question of "some of the most interesting minds in the world." This year, Edge wants to know: What are you optimistic about? Why?

Answers are as varied as the evaporation of the powerful mystique of religion, breaking down the barriers between artists and the public, growing older, our civilization will survive the coming climate catastrophe, altruism on the web, and one of my favorites: when men are involved in the care of their own infants, the cultures do not make war.
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