Follow these groups.  Attend their events.  Your intelligence will increase.

• 1871 Chicago
• 20×2 Chicago
• 2112 Inc.
• Adler Planetarium
• Alliance Francaise de Chicago
• American Jewish Council Chicago
• Analytics Club Chicago
• Argonne National Laboratory
• Barnabas Group – Chicago
• Becker-Friedman Institute
• Benedictine University
• Better Government Association
• Black Metropolis Research Consortium
• Blue 1647
• Blue Sky Innovation

• Blockchain for Social Good Chicago

• Bootstrappers Breakfast

• Brands + Startups
• British American Business Council Chicago
• Build Coffee
• Built in Chicago
• Bunker Labs
• Business Marketing Association Chicago
• Business Network Chicago
• Catalyst Ranch
• Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
• CFA Society of Chicago
• Chi Hack Night
• Chicago American Marketing Association

• Chicago Architectural Foundation

• Chicago Area Public Affairs Group (CAPAG)
• Chicago Association for Business Economics
• Chicago Astronomical Society

• Chicago Bitcoin Center at 1871 — Official Meetup

• Chicago Botanic Garden

• Chicago Business Catalyst User Group 
• Chicago Camps

• Chicago City Data User Group

• Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• Chicago Council on Science and Technology

• Chicago Data Visualization Group

• Chicago Events

• Chicago Headline Club

• Chicago History Museum

• Chicago Humanities Festival
• Chicago Ideas
• Chicago Inno
• Chicago Innovation Awards
• Chicago Inventors Organization
• Chicago-Kent College of Law

• Chicago Lean Startup Circle

• Chicago Mobile Meetup

• Chicago Product Management Association

• Chicago Reader

• Chicago Republican Party

• Chicago Startup Community

• Chicago Startup Weekend

• Chicago Sunday Evening Club

• Chicago Tech Events

• Chicago Urban League

• Chicago Virtual Reality
• Chicago Women Developers
• Chicago WomenTech

• Chicago Young Professionals

• Chicago Young Republicans

• Chicagoland Artist, Maker, & Entrepreneur Showcase

• Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

• Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (1871)

• Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network
• CHIentist
• CHIHTML5
• City Club of Chicago
• CivicLab
• Civic Federation
• CME Group
• Coalition: Energy
• Coding While Black
• College of Complexes
• Cook County Democrats
• Crain’s Chicago
• Creative Women’s Co.
• C.S. Lewis Institute – Chicago
• Dabble
• Data Science Chicago
• Dev Bootcamp Chicago Speaker Series
• Digital Professional Institute
• Dominican University
• Driehaus Museum
• DuPage County Historical Museum
• Ed Tech Chicago
• Educelerate
• Enerspace
• Entrepreneurs Organization
• Executives’ Club of Chicago
• Experimental Station
• Faith & Work Chicago
• Federal Bar Association Chicago Chapter
• Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Federalist Society of Chicago
• Fermilab
• FinTank
• FinTEx Chicago
• First Division Museum
• Founder Institute
• Francis Parker School
• General Assembly Chicago
• Girl Develop It Chicago
• Goethe-Institut Chicago
• GoodCity Chicago

• Google Developers Group: GDG Chicago

• Heartland Institute

• Heartland Mobile Council
• Ignite Chicago
• Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization
• Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
• Illinois Family Institute
• Illinois Holocaust Museum
• Illinois Humanities Council
• Illinois Policy Institute
• Illinois Science Council
• Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
• Illinois Small Business Development Center at UIC
• Illinois Technology Association
• International Trade Club of Chicago
• Internet of Things – Chicago
• Japan America Society
• Jewish United Fund
• John Marshall Law School
• Joomla!Chicago
• Junior Economic Club of Chicago
• League of Women Voters Chicago
• Lincoln Forum
• Loyola University Alumni
• Lumen Christi Institute
• MacArthur Foundation
• MacLean Center for Medical Ethics
• Matter Chicago
• McCormick Foundation
• Metropolitan Planning Council
• mHUB Chicago
• #MsTech

• Mobile Makers Academy Chicago

• Moody Bible Institute

• National Association of Women Business Owners – Chicago
• Next Door Chicago
• NextSpace
• Newberry Library
• Northwestern University
• Off the Sidelines-Chicago
• One Chance Illinois
• One Day University
• Open City
• OpenGovChicago
• Paulson Institute
• Pitch Circus
• Pray Chicago
• Pritzker Military Library
• Professional Women’s Club of Chicago
• Public Narrative
• Publicity Club of Chicago
• Pumping Station:One
• RailsBridge Chicago
• React Chicago
• Renew Chicago
• Secular Events
• Seminary Co-op Bookstores
• Serendipity Labs Chicago
• SheSays
• Shriver Center
• Sienna Center
• SmartHealth Activator
• Spertus
• Startup Founder 101
• StartUp Grind l Chicago
• Talking about Tech – Chicago
• Tech Cocktail
• Tech In Motion
• TechForce Chicagoland
• Tech Month Chicago
• Technology & Manufacturing Association
• Technori
  
• TechVenue
• TechWeek
• The Book Stall
• The Hatchery
• The Law Project
• The Shift
• The Standard Club
• ThoughtWorks
• Thrive Chicago
• Traffick Free
• TribNation Events
• Trinity International University
• Truth in Accounting
• UIC Great Cities Institute
• Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago
• University of Chicago
• University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• University of Chicago Institute of Politics
• University of Illinois at Chicago
• Young NonProfit Professionals Network
• Young Professionals of Chicago
• We Are Wearables Chicago
• We Design Think
• Wheaton College
• Women’s Business Development Center
• Women Who Code Chicago
• Women Tech Founders
• World Business Chicago