Pardon me while I indulge in a little self-promotion. I’ve penned my first real long-form essay up at my Forbes blog , weaving in and out of a few themes to develop what I think is the potential for a real creative explosion in science in the future by harnessing automation and computers. I thought it might be of interest to some of you folks out there.

The piece is here. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts.