# John Brockman **Born:** February 16, 1941 **Domain:** Intellectual Networks / Publishing / Science Culture **Doc Type:** Person Node **John Brockman** is an author, literary agent, and cultural organizer who founded the Edge Foundation and published [[Edge.org]]. He articulated the modern [[Third Culture]] as a field in which scientists and empirical thinkers address broad cultural questions directly. ## STEVE Context [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] identifies Edge as a working membrane where eminent scientists appeared as colleagues in conversation. Brockman’s presentation of [[Stephen Jay Gould]] simply as “Steve” exemplifies the essay’s idea of reduced ceremonial distance without reduced intellectual magnitude. ## Routes [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] · [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism]] · [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Official Sources - [John Brockman digital archive](https://www.edge.org/jb/online.digital.archive.html) - [The Third Culture introduction](https://www.edge.org/conversation/john_brockman-introduction)