We're celebrating Mother's Day a night early by thinking fondly of our
ancestral lines & disputing whether we grow up to be cowboys.

(B&N had a competing event on Friday..and, like a government, we hates
competition!)

Time: The Saturday next weekend, May 13th. 7PM-9PM.

Speaker: Andrew Breese...and you if you raise your hand to queue up -- or
brashly interject like I do.

Subject: Howard Bloom's books!

Place: Barnes & Noble of Mira Mesa -- big area toward front of store.

Do glance over Bloom's book-in-progress:
http://www.howardbloom.net/reinventing_capitalism/

His first two books are The Lucifer Principle (A Scientific Expedition
Into The Forces of History) and Global Brain (The Evolution of Mass Mind
From The Big Bang To The 21st Century). Bloom was extremely successful
at PR in music & mass media; his bio at the bottom of that Reinventing
Capitalism page is awesome. He credits himself with conceiving 3 new
scientific fields: mass behavior, paleopsychology, and omnology ("science
dedicated to the biggest picture conceivable by the minds of its
practitioners").

He has no shortage of raving fans:

"A soaring song of songs about the amorous origins of the world, and its
almost medieval urge to copulate." Kevin Kelly, Editor-at-Large, Wired,
author New Rules for the New Economy and Out of Control.

Dr. Christopher Boehm, Director of The Jane Goodall Research Center, says
that, "Howard Bloom should be taking notes on what he is doing every minute
of the day. He is single-handedly creating a scientific revolution."

"Howard Bloom is a) for real, b) with brilliant ideas, c) more fun than a
pair of mongooses." Dr. Alexander Elder, author, Trading for a Living:
Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management.

Gear Magazine says, "Howard Bloom may just be the next Stephen Hawking. But
he's not just interested in science, he's interested in the human soul."

"The Lucifer Principle draws heavily on biological and anthropological
evidence to show that human beings are not by nature isolated,
self-interested individuals but have powerful natural inclinations toward
social groups, and that much of the violence and cruelty that has
characterized human history is rooted in competition between groups for
status and domination." Francis Fukuyama.

"What Bloom gives his readers is a new and extremely compelling revisionist
history of the entirety of the history of life on this planet -microbial,
mammalian and otherwise -and nothing less. His books are absolutely
essential -and riveting -reading." Richard Metzger, creative director, the
Disinformation Company.

"Howard Bloom is the only person I know with knowledge of and interest in
the behavior of all organisms, processes in evolution that have been going
on for billions of years, but also the most ephemeral cultural phenomena.
Bloom's probably the only person alive today who can make original and
insightful comments on current political developments in the US, Far East or
Middle East with the benefit of knowledge of the evolution of the universe
in the past 13 billion years. It's as if Bloom were an immortal observer
from a different universe." Marcel Roele, science writer



We'll walk next door to a large restaurant patio for spontaneous small-group
conversations
& a late dinner immediately after (c. 9PM).

Parking Tip:
If it's busy, you'll find it easy to park in the other shopping center just
to the east, by the Rubio's & Jamba or down toward the Home Depot.