I'm conflicted about Hillis. On one hand there's stuff like this, and especially his involvement with the Long Now foundation (if you haven't checked out his d

I'm conflicted about Hillis. On one hand there's stuff like this, and especially his involvement with the Long Now foundation (if you haven't checked out his design for the 10,000 year clock, you really should; clever solutions to engineering challenges that almost no one has ever thought about before): http://longnow.org/clock/ http://longnow.org/clock/ On the other hand he's part of Intellectual Ventures: http://www.intellectualventures.com/inventor-network/senior-inventors/w.-daniel-hillis http://www.intellectualventures.com/inventor-network/senior-...