The Smart List: 12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World

The Smart List: 12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World

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Warning: The ideas expressed here may be dangerous. For this year's list, we walked right past the usual suspects and went looking for trouble. We wanted radicals, heretics, agitators—big thinkers with controversial, game-changing propositions. We found a prison reformer who wants to empty jails, an economist who thinks foreign aid hurts more than it helps, and a military theorist who believes the US should launch preemptive cyberattacks, right now. Then there's secretary of defense robert gates, who wants to win wars, not just prep for them. Risky? Sure. But this is no time to play it safe.

1. John Arquilla Go on the Cyberoffensive

2. Thorkil Sonne Recruit Autistics

3. Gregg Easterbrook Embrace Human Cloning

4. Ralph Keeney Cheat Death

5. Dambisa Moyo Cut Off Aid to Africa

6. Nils Christie Empty the Prisons

7. Stewart Brand Save the Slums

8. Stefan Szymanski and Stephen Ross Bust Up Big League Sports

9. Ludwig Minelli Legalize Assisted Suicide

10. Jamie Heywood Forget Medical Privacy

11. William Gurstelle Take Smart Risks

12. Robert Gates Overhaul the Pentagon

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