The people appendix links the wikipedia pages of people that might be of interest in regards to innovation and
culture.
W. Brain Arthur
Silicon Valley economist | wrote The Nature of technology: What it is and How it Evolves
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Game theory advocate
Fritjof Capra
New Age Physicist
Jared Diamond
Author of Guns, Germs and Steel
Alain De Boton
Philisophical Essayist | a founder of the School of Life
Buckminster Fuller
Systems theorist extraordinaire
Paul Hawken
Substainable growth entrepeneur
Richard Louv
Coined Nature deficit disorder, wrote Last Child in the Woods
Kevin Kelly
Founding editor of Wired magazine
David Korten
Economist | critic of corporate globalism
Marshall McLuhan
The medium is the message | media ecology
Lewis Mumford
Philosopher of technology
Neil Postman
Media theorist
Robert Reich
Left leaning economist
Matt Ridley
Liberterian leaning social evolutionist
Clay Shirky
Online media expert
Fredrick Winslow Taylor
Scientific management
Alvin Toffler
Futurist |Future shock
Edward Tufte
Pioneer in the field of data visualization
Sherry Turkle
Sociologist specializing in new media
Fareed Zakaria
Political commentator