Lawrence Lessig is a Harvard Professor who is concerned about freedom of ideas on the internet, arguing that copyright should be for shorter periods so that innovation and creativity can flourish.
There is a question mark over the definition of innovation. Is it little changes to preexisting things, or entirely new things? Thiel and Blake provide you with a thorough answer, arguing that innovation is really getting from zero to one.
Over the next few decades the middle class in Asia is going to grow out of all recognition and change the energy consumption landscape for ever. The way we exploit energy resources is going to have to have a revolution.