Fwd: [SALT] The graphic nature of discovery FRIDAY Oct 12
John Abbe
And this particular presentation made me think of Kevin's demo at the
conference.
Life,
John
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>Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 10:43:51 -0700
>To: sa...@list.longnow.org
>From: Stewart Brand <s...@longnow.org>
>Subject: [SALT] The graphic nature of discovery FRIDAY Oct 12 (for
> forwarding)
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>Juan Enriquez has made a world-class collection of historic maps
>which were drawn at the very point of discovery. This Friday he'll
>deploy them for the first time in one of his dazzling presentations,
>to examine how we image and imagine what we are exploring, and thus
>image and imagine exploration itself.
>
>Enriquez is a presenter's presenter, his graphics and delivery so
>original and adroit that the rest of us study his performances for
>ideas we can steal. He is author of As the Future Catches You and
>The Untied States of America, and CEO and Chair of Biotechonomy, a
>life sciences research and investment firm.
>
>"Mapping the Frontier of Knowledge," Juan Enriquez, UCSF Mission Bay
>Conference Center, San Francisco, 7pm, FRIDAY, October 12. The
>lecture starts promptly at 7:30pm. Admission is free (a $10
>donation is always welcome, not required).
>
>The talk is at the Robertson Auditorium at UCSF Mission Bay
>Conference Center, 1675 Owens St., San Francisco. Map
><http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1675+Owens+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94158+(Mission+Bay+Conference+Center)&layer=&sll=37.774921,-122.393789&sspn=0.0519,0.11467&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=37.76739,-122.393446&spn=0.041252,0.030427&z=15&iwloc=addr>here.
>It's just off of 16th St., near 3rd St. Parking is handy in the
>adjoining garage; do take along your parking ticket to get it
>validated for the $5 rate. Come early for dinner, if you like, at
>the pub near the lecture hall--- the Fisher Banquet Room. The New
>light rail T line runs past UCSF Mission Bay.
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Third_Street>Here's a link for it.
>
>Talks coming up:
>
>Nov. 9 (Friday) - Rosabeth Moss Kanter, "Enduring Principles for
>Changing Times"
>Dec. 14 (Friday) - Jon Ippolito & Joline Blais, "The Edge of Art"
>Jan. 11 (Friday) - Paul Saffo, "Lessons of a Reluctant Futurist"
>Feb. 4 (MONDAY) - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "The Future Has Always
>Been Crazier Than We Thought"
>Feb. 25 (MONDAY) - Craig Venter, "Joining 3.5 Billion Years of
>Microbial Invention"
>Apr. 25 (Friday) - Niall Ferguson & Peter Schwartz, "Historian vs.
>Futurist on Human Progress"
>
>This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking
>(SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audios of all
>previous talks are available for download
><http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/>here (and Podcast service
>from <http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/podcast.php>here).
>If you would like to be notified by email of forthcoming talks, go
><http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/SALT>here to sign up
>online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now---
>415-561-6582, <sendto:dani...@longnow.org>dani...@longnow.org.
>
>Long Now Members can see high-quality, tightly edited videos of the
>SALT talks online. Membership costs $8/month ($96/year) and helps
>support the series. Joinable
><https://secure.longnow.org/members/>here.
>
>You are welcome to forward this note to anyone you think might be interested.
>
> --Stewart Brand
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>Stewart Brand -- s...@gbn.org
>The Long Now Foundation - http://www.longnow.org
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