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merge Edge – the third culture
editEdge – the third culture is simply the website of Edge Foundation, Inc. and should be merged to the Foundation. --Pengyanan (talk) 07:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Business model
editSo what picture has emerged? From the numbers, I read Edge as this: 'a pretty well-run quasi-public social club for interesting people that has really nice dinners and which turns them into profitable books to pay for it all'.
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I always thought Edge.org was basically Brockman's way of getting cheap publicity for the intellectuals his literary agency represents and the books they are currently selling.
Thanks for the interesting investigation, which largely confirms my suspicion.
Obviously, Edge.org is a platform to promote the intellectuals he represents, which is Brockman's real career. From my own experience, blurbs on these books stay mainly in the family. That doesn't lessen the amount of cutting-edge discussion on the site from various luminaries. It's really quite an usual affair. — MaxEnt 02:49, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
Jeffrey Epstein
editHow does a Wikipedia article about the Edge Foundation, Inc. somehow manage not to mention Jeffrey Epstein even once? - 2601:58B:4200:4B81:A98C:5EC4:2237:6DB7 (talk) 16:01, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- I agree this is an omission. He answered at least two Edge questions (2004, 2008). If that counts as being a contributor (edge.org lists such people as contributors but has removed Epstein from the lists) then he should at least be added in that section. Triangl (talk) 12:31, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- This recent article, though perhaps not a reliable source, would nevertheless suggest that coverage in the wiki article is currently incomplete:
- The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science.
- Lede from the article:
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-long project that cloaked eugenics, race science and sexual misconduct in Ivy League respectability
- Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 13:42, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
Requested move 6 March 2025
edit- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. Moved as an uncontested request with minimal participation. If there is any objection within a reasonable time frame, please ask me to reopen the discussion; if I am not available, please ask at the technical requests page. (closed by non-admin page mover) ASUKITE 20:45, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
Edge Foundation, Inc. → Edge.org – There are at least three organizations discussed on Wikipedia that are called the Edge Foundation or EDGE Foundation, and there is also another Edge Foundation at https://edgefoundation.org/. The primary purpose of this Edge Foundation seems to be the publication of a website called Edge.org, also referred to as Edge. The footer of the Edge.org website says "Get Edge.org by email", "Edge.org is a nonprofit private operating foundation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code." Then finally it says "Copyright © 2023 By Edge Foundation, Inc All Rights Reserved." This renaming would make it more clear which Edge is discussed in the article, and also seems better aligned with the primary public face of the organization (at least by dropping the "Inc.", which seems to only be included as a disambiguator and might give the impression of being a profit-making enterprise). — BarrelProof (talk) 20:32, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- Support Excellent suggestion. Edge.org is much more notable than the foundation that runs it. The change the lead to talk about the website, which quickly removes some puffery. HouseOfChange (talk) 20:00, 7 March 2025 (UTC)