Last month I had the pleasure of having lunch with Chris Paine, the writer and director of the hit film "Who Killed The Electric Car." The movie is a must see for anyone who enjoys intelligent film-making and cares about the environment. It is meticulous in describing the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of GM's battery-powered electric vehicle.

(See wikipedia for a thorough overview).

Introduced by Stephen Paik (thanks Stephen), I found Chris and I definitely have overlapping interests. My New Minds lecture series in 1998 featured Bruce Sterling, considered the co-founder of cyberpunk with William Gibson who was the subject of

Papercut Film's (Chris's film company) award winning documentary in 2001. Also my Collective Intelligence map of the clean technology field in 2001 and my role in xigi, the social enterprise market formation network we launched yesterday is right down the alley of "Who Killed The Electric Car."Hmmm. I wonder if I can get Chris interested in the grassroots social revolution in my own backyard of Oaxaca Mexico? More on that soon.

Chris has agreed to be on the Lickerish advisory board so I will have an opportunity to keep tabs on his next ventures. I'll keep you posted here.

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