Summer Postcards from EDGE

August. All is quiet. The conversation is on hold. The Edge community has hit the road... or they're staying home. Recharging. Preparing for the academic year to begin, wrapping up projects and starting new ones, celebrating with family and friends or contemplating in solitude. After a hiatus, Edge is pleased to revive Summer Postcards: Edgies reporting in from wherever they are and on whatever they're doing, as the dog days wind out and the season comes to a close. As the world slowly returns to a "new normal" with enduring COVID restrictions in the midst of renewed vaccine freedoms, this year's collection is a testament to change (temporary and lasting), a consideration of loss (will travel ever be like it was?), and a celebration of questions (that still need answering). The hammock may be away until next year, but the memories remain. Enjoy. —Russell Weinberger, Edge Contributions from: Ian McEwan, Carlo Rovelli, Laurence C. Smith, Susan Blackmore, Steven Pinker, Itai Yanai, Beatrice Golomb, Brian G. Keating, Terrence J. Sejnowski, George Dyson, Howard Gardner, John C. Mather, Daniel E. Lieberman, Sabine Hossenfelder, Armand Marie Leroi, David Christian, Irene Pepperberg, Julian Barbour, Kevin Kelly, David Chalmers, Geoffrey West, Diana Deutsch, Amanda Gefter, Richard Nisbett, Randolph Nesse, Philip Goff, George Smoot, Susan Schneider, Venki Ramakrishnan, Daniel C. Dennett, Andrian Kreye [ [Continue...]( [EDGE.ORG]( Copyright (c) 2021 by Edge Foundation, Inc., 260 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10001. All Rights Reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](