*Bombs, global deviance, civilizational collapse, human extinction, you know, the usual issues for the current decade...
Three Long Now events in 8 days:
Wednesday, February 24 Alan Weisman Seminar at the Herbst Theater
Friday, February 26 Global Lives Opening Party at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Thursday, March 4 Beth Noveck Seminar at the Herbst Theater
Alan Weisman's The World Without Us became one of those sleeper best-sellers because its nifty premise (what happens if humanity suddenly disappears?) is superbly delivered on. Weisman travelled to places that humans have vacated—the Korean DMZ, Chernobyl, an abandoned bit of New York City—and talked to specialists about how a sudden release from human impact and maintainance would play out over centuries and millennia. The lessons reverberate.
"World Without Us, World With Us" Alan Weisman, Herbst Theater, Civic Center, San Francisco, 7pm, Wednesday, February 24. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm. To be sure of a seat, become a Long Now member and reserve a seat or order an advance ticket ($10).
Guaranteeing your seat:
Long Now Members can reserve a seat HERE (Use the discount code listed in your email and on the Seminar page on the Long Now Member's site.)
You can purchase tickets for $10 HERE
Limited tickets available at the door; unclaimed seats in the theater are released right before the Seminar starts.
Members and Ticket holders: if you arrive after 7:25 we may not be able to seat you in the theater.
Seating is limited and subject to availability; purchase or reserve your seat early.
Talks coming up:
Mar. 4 (Thurs.) - Beth Noveck, "Transparent Government"
Apr. 1 (Thurs.) - David Eagleman, "Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization"
May 3 (Mon.) - Nils Gilman, "Deviant Globalization"
Sep. 23 (Thurs.) - Richard Rhodes, "Twilight of the Bombs"
High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as guaranteed seats) are available to Long Now members. Membership, which costs $8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable here.
This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audios and my summaries of all previous talks are available for download here (or stay up to date with the Podcast here). You'll find a range of long-term thinking items on our Blog (RSS). If you would like to be notified by email (like this one) of forthcoming talks, go here to sign up online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now— 415-561-6582 x1, [email protected].
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–Stewart Brand
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