Jon wrote:
If anyone else has anything they'd like to suggest talking about. Lets hear it!
On some future occasion, it would be fun to get an improvisational theater instructor in and run through some basic improv exercises.
Aside from being entertaining, I think they are a great small-scale demonstration of how order can spontaneously emerge through peer collaboration, with no central control or direction. Wikipedia obviously does quite a lot of that, but seeing it happen in person in minutes can give a different perspective.
If people are interested, let me know, and I'll ask my theater pals for recommendations. Getting somebody good might cost a bit, but I'd be glad to spring for that myself.
William