Brain food: Brian Eno and Steven Johnson in conversation

The professor of pop and the technology writer talk about innovation, Twitter and the EnlightenmentWhere do big ideas come from? One way to find out is to ask someone who's had a few, which must be why London's ICA is packed out on a mucky November evening for an audience with Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno – or Eno to his friends.For the rest of us, he's the self-described non-musician who as good as invented ambient music and terrorised a synth in Roxy Music while wearing more slap than Pat Butcher. Tonight, however, Eno is in his professor of pop garb – chocolate velvet jacket and designer specs – although the old stagecraft shows when he starts impersonating a recording studio. Joining him on stage is Steven Johnson, the American technology writer whose books have just the right sprinkling of pop-cultural references, light controversy...

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