Edge Annual Question 2007 Queries Your Optimism

The Edge Annual Question of 2007 is awaiting your look. Top scientists and thinkers answer this years question – What are you optimistic about? Why?

“As an activity, as a state of mind, science is fundamentally optimistic. Science figures out how things work and thus can make them work better. Much of the news is either good news or news that can be made good, thanks to ever deepening knowledge and ever more efficient and powerful tools and techniques. Science, on its frontiers, poses more and ever better questions, ever better put.”

They say the 2007 Edge Question marks the 10th anniversary of Edge, which began in December, 1996 as an email to about fifty people. Check out the Edge Annual Question of 2006. Visit the World Question Center for previous years questions.