From Edge 2007:
GOT OPTIMISM? THE WORLD'S LEADING THINKERS SEE GOOD NEWS AHEAD
While conventional wisdom tells us that things are bad and getting worse, scientists and the science-minded among us see good news in the coming years. That's the bottom line of an outburst of high-powered optimism gathered from the world-class scientists and thinkers who frequent the pages of Edge, in an ongoing conversation among third culture thinkers.