What's this? Good question! These are a few questions that I find particularly interesting and have been actively collecting ideas on. Always appreciate pointers to relevant work — m@mollymielke.com :-)
What made the most innovative imagination development/research labs (Xerox PARC, Bell Labs, MIT Media Lab, etc) successful? See playgrounds.
What motivates unreasonably innovative and meticulous people? Similarly, what are the defining characteristics of cultures of excellence? See meticulousness, big brains, & organizing ppl.
How do we re-train people to appreciate and crave the high-density urban lifestyle that we need to adopt in order to keep our planet afloat? See high density cities are beautiful.
Is now finally the time that generalist visual programming will stick? See visual programming.
What would a true 'personal' computer look like — both functionally and aesthetically? Similarly, what would a fidget-able writing tool look like? See do you compute?
What is the history and legacy of the lisp programming language? See lisp.