The economist, Clayton Christensen who introduced the idea of “disruptive innovation,” just died, so we look at some of his ideas, and then wander off into thinking about who are some of the most important “idea” people of our time, and why they are seldom (or never) mentioned in the New York Times. Look up Matt Ridley, Steven Kotler, Craig Venter, Sebastian Thrun, Jimmy Wales, and Peter Diamandis, and see what you get.