I quite fancy the idea of seeing two Rebooters with opposing ideas take part in a structured debate.
I recently listened to one of the *amazing* LongNow debates [1] and thought their format [2] worked really well:
1. Audience vote on who talks first
2. Speaker 1 talks for 10m
3. Speaker 2 interviews Speaker 1 for 5m
4. Speaker 2 summarises Speaker 1's arguments to their satisfaction
5. Speaker 2 talks for 10m
6. Speaker 1 interviews Speaker 2 for 5m
7. Speaker 1 summarises Speaker 2's arguments to their satisfaction
What about a (couple of?) Reboot sessions dedicated to Debates and a final Q&A, which pulls together a couple of our community who share a common interest (but of course, opposing views).
[1] blog.longnow.org/2008/04/30/niall-ferguson-peter-schwartz-historian-vs-futurist-on-human-progress/
[2] Watch the video's introduction (starting at 2m45) for how LongNow models their debate: vodpod.com/watch/1409482-niall-ferguson-peter-schwartz-on-human-progress
Screenshot from the infamous Germaine Greer and Norman Mailer debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIlg85GA0GQ (not that I'm suggesting we'd operate in such a heated atmosphere!)
