But I am especially intrigued by the prize.

As a psychologist, I am fascinated by the origin and consequences of such kindness.

Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.

I'm intrigued by a concept that was brought to life in the early part of the 19th century actually, in the second decade of the 19th century by a 27 year old poet whose name was Percy Shelley.

Intrigued because his childhood question may be answered, but skeptical because he has never found answers in the past, he goes and finds Ishmael, who teaches him, as promised, about how to save the world.

And trust me, it had all the stereotypes that you can imagine, the sitting cross legged on the floor, the incense, the herbal tea, the vegetarians, the whole deal, but my mom was going and I was intrigued, so I went along with her.

And the third thing about intelligence is, it's distinct. I'm doing a new book at the moment called Epiphany, which is based on a series of interviews with people about how they discovered their talent. I'm fascinated by how people got to be there.

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation supports other important activities, particularly the annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), which was also released on October 14. But I am especially intrigued by the prize.