Dear Don,

You already mentioned Bruno Latour.
I was also thinking of someone like Amartya Sen, and his polycultural journeys.

On a more designerly route, may be persons like Ezio Manzini, John Thackara, …
In Finland, the rector of Umea Univ. ?

Happy holidays to all
Best regards,

Alok NANDI

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On 22 Dec 2012, at 13:09, Mark Whiting <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 
> Hey Don,
> 
> My first suggestion would also be Daniel Kahneman, though on further
> thought, perhaps some others could do well:
> 
> (In no particular order)
> Mark Granovetter, Noam Chomsky, John Polkinghorne (brilliant guy), Nathan
> Myhrvold (another sharp polymath), Clayton M. Christensen, Elon Musk, Luis
> von Ahn (interesting practical academic).
> 
> And a strange one, but someone I think would give you a very interesting
> conversation, Mark Zuckerberg.
> 
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> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Bob Este <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Dear all:  perhaps the input and reflections of someone who might be
>> characterized, from time to time, as an "agent provocateur" would be
>> helpful ... here I am thinking of Nick Bostrom of Oxford (if he has not
>> already been considered).
>> 
>> Warmest wishes of the season,
>> 
>> Cheers / Bob Este
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>> 
>> On 21/12/12 2:24 PM, Don Norman wrote:
>> 
>>> I'd like to thank everyone for your suggestions.
>>> 
>>> Many of the names are people who are good friends of mine and who are
>>> indeed distinguished, but who we do not believe fulfill the criteria of
>>> being widely known outside of their disciplines.
>>> 
>>> A good example is Bruno Latour, a good friend (and even a skiing companion
>>> of my wife (I don't ski)).  Bruno is wonderful, funny, and deep.
>>> I've known him since the 1980s. But wonderful though he might be, the
>>> average CEO or CxO of a company (think HP, Sony, LG, Samsung, Ford,
>>> Microsoft, Apple, google, is not apt to have heard of him. (Well, Larry
>>> from google might have from courses with Winograd).
>>> 
>>> The most promising name was Danny Kahneman, someone I have known since the
>>> 1960s. He, his wife, and I all used to work in the same field of human
>>> attention.  Danny has already agreed to give a keynote at the planned
>>> conference so although i suggested him, the sponsor wanted at least one
>>> other person.
>>> 
>>> Amanda asked for a better description of what I meant by "industry." Any
>>> company doing work where they do (or ought to) use the talents of people
>>> trained in the behavioral, cognitive, or social sciences.  Examples of
>>> companies that do this well are Boeing and Airbus, consumer computer
>>> companies, the US military (others might as well, but I am only familiar
>>> with the US on this topic), a few automobile companies (Ford and BMW are
>>> the two i have worked with on this topic), and so on.
>>> 
>>> Keith asked whether I was such a candidate. Probably, but that is the
>>> point. The goal is for this person to engage in a public discussion with
>>> me. So I am already on the program: we need someone with a lot more
>>> credibility and external visibility to join me.  (We do NOT want a keynote
>>> -- we want a discussion of the issues.)
>>> 
>>> Thanks everyone
>>> 
>>> That's an excellent list of names. Problem with most is that they are well
>>> known to academics but not outside of academia.
>>> 
>>> Don
>>> 
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