Here are links to a variety of essays and other resources that have inspired the founders of Wowser.

Roger's picks

• Taste for Makers (Paul Graham)
• Self-motivation as the drive for "schooling".  (Daniel Quinn)
• The importance of many designers being able to work in physical proximity.
• The importance of deciding.
• Open Source Ecology   This explains the why and what of it, 4 minutes tells the whole story. http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html
• A book:  Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn
• Gaviotas 

Lila's picks

• Scientific American on How to Exploit the Power of Diverse Minds
• Pattern Language applies to many types of Design
• "knowledge games"
• communication
• mechanical design, etc