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Coincidentally, Robinson is speaking today at the Long Now Foundation: https://longnow.org/ideas/02021/11/10/climate-futures-beyond-02022 https://longnow.org/id

• germinalphrase 5y ago
  Just want to say that the Long Now speaker series has a bunch of interesting talks in their back catalogue.
  • roughly 5y ago
    They really, really do. They do a spectacular job of bringing in people who are at the vanguard without slipping over the edge, so to speak. Two favorites from the last couple years: Mary Lou Jepsen talking about new modes of cheap, easy medical imaging and their potential impacts: https://longnow.org/seminars/02018/oct/29/toward-practical-telepathy/ https://longnow.org/seminars/02018/oct/29/toward-practical-t... Michael Frachetti on the role of nomadic pastoralists in both generating and spreading knowledge along the historic silk roads: https://longnow.org/seminars/02018/feb/26/open-source-civilization-unexpected-origins-silk-road/ https://longnow.org/seminars/02018/feb/26/open-source-civili... They’re really such a diverse group of speakers and subjects, and all of them have been really high quality and high value.
    • germinalphrase 5y ago
      Agreed. They also do a great job of nerding out on a topic without getting so into the technical weeds that a mass audience can’t follow.