SALT for Humanity

I've been following the SALT talks presented by the Long Now Foundation. Long Now Members can see edited videos of the SALT talks online. Membership is $8/month ($96/year) and helps support the series. Join here.

The SALT schedule through December.

May 11 - Steven Johnson, "The Long Zoom"

Johnson examines how humanity is transformed by its new scaling capability--- our ability now to examine and relate events at the nanometer and nanosecond scale and then zoom right out to a cosmic scale and time frame. With tools like Google Earth and Will Wright's "Spore" game, we all are learning to zoom with comfort. How does that change us?

June 8 - Paul Hawken, "The New Great Transformation"
June 29 - Francis Fukuyama, "'The End of History' Revisited"
Mid-Sept. - Niall Ferguson & Peter Schwartz, "Historian vs. Futurist on Human Progress"
Oct. 12 - Juan Enriquez, "Mapping the Frontier of Knowledge"
Nov. 9 - Rosabeth Moss Kanter, "Enduring Principles for Changing Times"
Dec. 14 - Jon Ippolito & Joline Blais, "The Edge of Art"

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