The Economist recently launched a new series of events that seek to "bring together top thinkers from around the world to discuss and debate the most important ideas of our time." So what does this have to do with Kink.com? Well, when they were gathering speakers for their recent summit "Innovation: Fresh Thinking for the Ideas Economy", held at the Haas School of Business at US Berkeley on March 23 & 24, 2010, you'll never guess who they sought… our very own kinky economist: Peter Acworth! Check out this brief video clip of Peter speaking on the summit's 'Successful Failure' panel.

Once again I find myself spending way too much time staring at Derrek Diamond's ass. It's like I'm being hypnotized. Am I alone in this?

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