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John Brockman is an author and literary agent who specializes in books about science and big ideas. He's well-known for curating collections of essays from top thinkers, including What Are You Optimistic About?

KATINKA MATSON is an artist and a literary agent. She is President of Brockman, Inc., a leading international literary agency, co-founder of the prestigious online salon Edge ("The world's smartest website", The Guardian), and co-founder and a director of Edge Foundation, Inc. As an author her books includeThe Psychology Today Omnibook of Personal Development; Short Lives: Artists in Pursuit of Self-Destruction; The Working Actor: A Guide to the Profession; and as co-editor (with John Brockm...