Out with the London twitterati to see a good-natured discussion between Brian Eno and Steven Johnson on John Snow, cholera, maps, cities, urbanism, the long now, the appropriate scale for addressing population and envionmental problems (global and city, rather than nation-state), simulation and Second Life. Matt Jones, hunkered down in the front row, was namechecked.
There was some frisky questioning from the floor on first-world/middle-class elites vs developing-world/favelas, dismissed by Eno as an over-simplification. Russell Davies has good notes, as does Matt, and Joe Lee has photos.
City flags were mentioned, and here's the City of London's flag (and described in more detail here).
And here are ten drawings of Steven Johnson's hands, ten drawings of Brian Eno's hands, and some profiles of the audience.
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