Warning: slightly off-topic.

I have been watching TED Talks for a couple of hours by now, especially around the theme The Rise of Collaboration. Truly fascinating, amazing stuff - by truly fascinating, amazing people.

Here’s some to get you started:

• Charles Leadbeater: The rise of the amateur professional
• Yochai Benkler: Open-source economics
• Jimmy Wales: How a ragtag band created Wikipedia
• Howard Rheingold: Way-new collaboration
• Deborah Gordon: How do ants know what to do?

Very relevant stuff. Very. Go watch some.

Note: you can also find there piles of fascinating stuff from other domains, ranging from Al Gore to Stephen Hawking to Craig Venter to Stefan Sagmeister. But that stuff belongs to another story, to be discussed somewhere else…