David Rowan’s experience at Singularity University is a must read for everyone interested in thinking and learning about the future!
I had the pleasure of chatting with David while at Martin Varsavsky’s Tech Talk Menorca and was fascinated by his recounting of his experience there.
If you have a modicum of curiosity about the future you owe it to yourself to read his article in Wired summarizing his experience at Singularity University:
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/05/singularity-university/on-the-exponential-curve