I’ve mentioned this before, but these lectures are just SO GOOD I think it worth repeating.
http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/
And check out what’s coming up.
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Dec. 14 (Friday) - Jon Ippolito & Joline Blais, “The Edge of Art”
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Jan. 11 (Friday) - Paul Saffo, “Embracing Uncertainty: the secret to effective forecasting”
Feb. 4 (MONDAY) - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, “The Future [...]
Fun Wired interview with Ridley Scott about the soon to be re-released Blade Runner.
And here is a Blade Runner fan site with up to the minute late breaking news.
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Erowid Conference Report: Mind States Costa Rica by Lux, Erowid Staff Writer
v1 - Jul 18, 2007
sample from Jon Ott-
“The End of the Treasure in the Basement”, by Jonathan Ott
Jonathan described himself as “not a prophet”, but someone who has been interested in the question of energy and the petroleum-based political and economic infrastructure of the [...]
In a recent paper reporting on the National Cancer Institute study of multivitamin use and the risk of prostate cancer, the NCI authors cited several possible bias factors. An analysis by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman shows why the study’s biases should be considered before drawing conclusions.
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