On the EDGE – meet the top 100 Intellectuals
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“Has raised electronic discourse on the Web to a whole new level.” |
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Their latest offering is as follows:
The Top 100 Public Intellectuals
They are some of the world’s most introspective philosophers and rabble-rousing clerics. A few write searing works of fiction and uncover the mysteries of the human mind. Others are at the forefront of modern finance, politics, and human rights. In the second Foreign Policy/Prospect list of top public intellectuals, we reveal the thinkers who are shaping the tenor of our time.
[ED. NOTE: Among the FP/Prospect Top 100 list are 10 ten Edge contributors. Congratulations to Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Jared Diamond, Howard Gardner, Neil Gershenfeld, Daniel Kahneman, Steven Pinker, V.S. Ramachandran, Lee Smolin, J. Craig Venter, E.O. Wilson]
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