This woman, whom I have written about before [1], Liz Lerman [2], gives a little talk about innovation [3] that is instructive. Be sure to listen all the way through til you hear these words from a Nobel Laureate whom she quotes, "I am fueled by my ignorance." Then she says, "So am I. I make things so I can understand things."
On May 2, 2008 Liz will be in Cleveland to address a gathering of the global thought leaders on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of genomics (ELSI) at the first ever ELSI conference – Translating ELSI [4]. Only 120 people will be able to hear her speak at the conference. These lucky folks will be those who have traveled here from around the world to discuss genomics. We hope to be able to videotape and post the talk.
In the meantime, it is instructive to listen a little further to the video posted at the link above (the talk she gave in Rhode Island at the Business Innovation Factory).
She says "All of this innovative work here is going to displace people. Then how are they going to handle their imaginations? How are they going to wonder, it's beautiful that this person who can't move now has a way to move, but now we have to reclassify what the body is. Pluto is nothing compared to what we're going to be reclassifying. ... and I think the arts are the partner."