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Most 'infectious' ideas

In preparation for the iMeme: The Thinkers of Tech conference, Fortune asked leading technology gurus the following question: What, for you, has been the most surprising infectious idea of the past year?

Tomaso Poggio
Tomaso Poggio
Title: Eugene McDermott Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Co-director, Center for Biological and Computational Learning Massachusetts Institute of Technology
As a mostly good infection, Wikipedia, a sign that many people are ready to work towards a collective intelligence without the need of monetary rewards. As a mostly bad infection, YouTube. Why are people wasting so much time instead of solving really hard and important problems in science and technology?

Richard Barton

Marc Benioff

Eva Chen

John Clippinger

Esther Dyson

Steve Fambro

Louise Guay

Bill Joy

Mark Lewis

Yusuf Mehdi

Harriet Pearson

Tomaso Poggio

Geordie Rose

Jonathan Schwartz

Sol Trujillo

Padmasree Warrior

Lee Thorn

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