* Illustration: Michael Gericke * 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
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
Illustration: Tucker & Bennett
