PopTech 2004
On a less incendiary note, if you really want to hear what smart people are thinking about the present and the future, check out these podcasts from the PopTech 2004 conference on IT Conversations. Strongly recommended:

• Adrian Woolridge on why connected politics is not necessarily left-wing politics


• Richard Florida on the rise of the creative class


• Thomas Barnett on the Pentagon's new map


• Joel Garreau on fundamental changes in human nature

Very cool stuff. They're all good, but Garreau's telling of how DARPA has created telekinetic monkeys will blow your mind.