Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon welcome Brian Wang of Next Big Future for a readout on the recent Techonomy conference at Lake Tahoe.

techonomy (te-kän'-uh-me) n. [tech(nology) + (ec)onomy]

organized activities related to the invention, development,

production, distribution and consumption of technology-enhanced goods

and services that a society uses to address the problem of scarcity and

to enhance the quality of life.

Plus, with Brian on the show you can count on plenty of news about the future and energy.

About our guest:

Brian Wang is a futurist

who blogs about all things future-related at NextBigFuture.

He is the Director of Research for the Lifeboat Foundation and a member

of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology Task Force.