The Edge Foundation's (they promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual and philosophical issues) "Annual Question 2006" was "WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?" and 119 intellectual minds of our time wrote essays that - in short- indicate the perception of "a new natural philosophy, founded on the realization of the import of evolutionary complexity", described in a new set of metaphors.
Whatever one thinks of this summary - most of the essays are definitely worth reading.
