Richard Florida @ Google

This is worth watching. Richard Florida (former GMU School of Public Policy professor) is arguing that technology is not ending the importance of place .... indeed its more important than ever. I like it because its informative to my notions of the importance of labor mobility. (Although he does freely admit that leaving a community has costs.)

He's making a (tenuous) connection between social openness and tolerance to economic growth, which I think is important. Its very early in this research, however.

It also has political ramifications, which he addresses in the first question asked. He argues, essentially, that Red-Blue is an economic manifestation and not (just) a cultural issue.