12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World

Wired | Sep. 22, 2009 (Opinion)

Warning: The people's ideas expressed here may be dangerous. For this year's list, we walked right past the usual suspects and went looking for trouble. Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Sep. 24, 2009

Insightful collection of radical proposals from a wide range of independent thought leaders. Some of the ideas seem intentionally controversial, but are well-reasoned and generally based on factual evidence.

My favorite is Stewart Brand's proposal to save the slums. I had always thought of slums as a problem, rather than a solution, and Stewart's insights helped me think of this issue in a different light.

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