Friday, December 9th, 02005
In his new book THE END OF FAITH philosopher Sam Harris examines religious faith in terms of its consequences and aggressive irrationality. For this talk he explores how "end time" beliefs play out in social behavior and public policy. A Buddhist meditator, he mixes wicked humor into his compassion.
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Monday, November 14th, 02005
Clay Shirky is the most riveting of speakers at tech conferences, with his deep insight into social software and the culture and economics of networks. His talk for the next Seminar About Long-term Thinking takes on one of the most intractable problems of the information age: how to preserve digital information and tools in usable condition beyond ten years. The continuity of civilization is at stake in this matter.
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Wednesday, October 5th, 02005
"The Difficulty of Looking Far Ahead" is Freeman Dyson's subject at the next Seminar About Long-term Thinking. He will be joined for the first time on a public stage by his daughter Esther Dyson and son George Dyson. Free to the public, the talk is at the Fort Mason Conference Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, October 5, 7pm.
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Friday, September 23rd, 02005
The next Seminar About Long-term Thinking features Ray Kurzweil, speaking on "Kurzweil's Law"--- the exponential trend of accelerating returns governing life and technology. Free to the public, the talk is at the Herbst Theater in the San Francisco Civic Center on Friday, September 23, 7pm.
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Friday, August 12th, 02005
From time to time a portion of humanity declares a new human right. Behavior thought normal for thousands of years is suddenly challenged. What does it take for the new right to prevail? It takes steady bearing down on the issue over decades and centuries...
Bob Fuller is the author of SOMEBODIES AND NOBODIES: OVERCOMING THE ABUSE OF RANK. The book defines "rankism"--- the pervasive misuse of power relationships that is expressed not just in racism and sexism but in every form of humiliation. Humans have the universal right, the new movement insists, to be treated with dignity. Fuller was president of Oberlin College when it integrated racially in the early 1970s. Before that he was a highly regarded physicist working with John Wheeler. After that he was a "citizen diplomat" quietly helping end the Cold War. On stage he is a vivid story teller.
Friday, April 8th, 02005
In his place on Friday , April 8, STEWART BRAND will give the next Seminar About Long-term Thinking on the subject "Cities & Time." The lecture is at the Fort Mason Conference Center in San Francisco, April 8, 7pm.
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Friday, March 11th, 02005
SPENCER BEEBE, founder of Ecotrust, is giving the next Seminar About Long-term Thinking lecture, titled "Very Long-term Very Large-scale Biomimicry"---how to prosper with bio-regional economics over centuries. Friday, March 11, 7pm, Fort Mason Conference Center, San Francisco.
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Friday, February 25th, 02005
Friday, January 14th, 02005
"RELIGIOUS WAR IN LIGHT OF THE INFINITE GAME" is the subject of the next Seminar About Long-term Thinking lecture, given by JAMES P. CARSE. Friday, January 14, 7pm, Cowell Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco. Carse is the author of the celebrated tiny book, Finite and Infinite Games.
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