Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: "How Should Humanity Steer the Future?"
http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed