From time to time, my husband and I have what we like to call a “playdate of genius,” where we invite people over for a home-cooked meal, great conversation, and, of course, a good mix of music and what usually happens with people our age—we sit, dream out loud, debate, share, dream out loud some more, and usually end up discussing our children. It’s always a great time, the conversation flows, and the evening is usually elegantly and pleasantly predictable.
Last night, I set out with the same formula, made a great meal, got the playlist of music together, and set the mood lighting just right for the evening’s gathering. The only difference was that our guests were three young guys between the ages of 23 and 31 who were crashing at my place before embarking on a conference at sea for young entrepreneurs called Summit Series (it’s basically the Davos conference for young people). These young people are a few of what I call the Fat Brains in my life—the young smart explorers who remind me every day how much there is to learn and do if we want to live our lives all the way to the edges.
Let me tell you, last night I experienced one of those moments where you step back and look upon the scene and think out loud to yourself, “Is this really happening?” We dug deep into topics ranging from entrepreneurship, body hair, galactic travel, emotional intelligence, and “The Price is Right.” And the highlight for me was spending hours discussing Brain Computing Interface (BCI) while we played with Emotiv’s EPOC , a revolutionary mind-reading headset.
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Posted Apr 7, 2011 Tagged under: conversations and interviews, fat brains, ideas and innovation, social media and technology
