This just arrived in my Inbox. The platform is pretty detailed. Some of it deals with issues specific to Iran, but much deals with general governance. I...
Hi BobbyLilly, ... since I thought that the basic problem that was exposed during this past election was NOT with the electoral college so much as with the ...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/09/extreme_democra.html It's election time, but of course the Future Salon looks beyond Swift Boats...
It looks like the jig is up. Investigative journalist Michael Ruppert gave a talk Tuesday October 31 at the Commonwealth Club about the reality of peak oil...
October 31! The jig has been up for ten months and I'm only now hearing about it! I've been down with the jig that whole time (some would say I have been ...
Several promising non-fossil energy technolgies have been proposed and defeated over the last few decades. All of them were big and controversial/speculative,...
This range of topics is hugely important to our ability to deal with rapidly-developing issues and threats. Obviously molecular manufacturing will present...
... I do not think there is a convincing story about a human nature that makes us resist workable solutions to problems. But there are some theories related to...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/09/planetwork_and_.html I have been to the excellent Planetwork conference in the Presidio, but...
Dear BAFuture, Thought some of you might be interested in a discussion on the Well's Inkwell.vue conference that Jon Lebkowsky blogged on the third: "My...
Friends, if you want to see convincing evidence of advanced technology, media, and sociology being used and coordinated on an unprecedented scale, for sinister...
... Um, logically, what they'd do with it is exactly what they're doing with it. Please remember that "nanotech" is not one thing. A lot of "nanotech" is...
[From Nancy White on the onlinefacilitation group at yahoogroups] Workshop on the Social Aspects of Communication Technologies - Northumbria University, 8th...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/09/good_surveillan.html Rafe Needleman writes about Good Surveillance :: AO and a company that can...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/09/post.html Last time when Carnegie Mellon Red Racing Team was visiting SAP Labs, it was way to...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/09/if_you_check_am.html If you check Amazon for The Tao of Democracy You will find rave reviews of...
Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/09/neal_stephenson.html The System of the World, Volume Three of The Baroque Cycle, will be released this month,...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/09/doug_engelbart_.html People following the Future Salon for a while know that I am a big fan of...
Hello! We will be holding an informative meeting for anyone interested in attending, volunteering for, or sponsoring the ISAC's Accelerating Change 2004...
I'm coming from West Oakland to the Future Salon on Thursday with three friends and our ride just went up in a puff of smoke! Anyone else coming from over...
Hi John, That is a bummer. I will be already at SAP Labs, but can take people back to the city on the way home. We have a ride board on our Future Salon Wiki,...
I meant to send this reply to everyone but it got sent to Mark only. Mark - sorry for the duplicare e-mail. Mark, That is very democratic of you to offer...
Greetings: As usual a somewhat "close to the ground" view" on not having a car from this FORMERLY HOMELESS individual - as ...not exactly great...just ...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2004/09/boabab_turning_.html Mitch Kapor reflects on why he is funding Baobab a site that is supporting...
Joschka, When I first saw your name on this mailing list, I thought for a moment if the German foreign minister was on the list. Isn't his name Joschka Fischer...
... Lazy bums. It takes less than half a day. http://www.mattbell.com/walk/walk.html Mountain View would have only been an extra mile or two. - matt...
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I think it is near-impossible to be socially & economically effective without a car today unless you live in a major urban centre. Alan...
... I'm in the U.S. for less than three months and do not have a car. The Bay Area is fairly accessible without a car, and the Internet makes it even moreso...
Never Say Die Want to increase your lifespan? Scientists and longevity experts are proposing ways to add decades or even centuries to a person's life. Are...
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