I hope Future Salon regular Paul C. Hoffman comes to our Future Salon this Thursday: The Sustainability of Material Progress with Stanford Professor John McCarthy. Please RSVP now.
Paul usually brings stacks of his Earth Seals with him. A sticker with the picture of our little planet taken from outer space by one of the Apolo missions in the 60s. This picture made people realize how finite our little blue rock is. Some say that this realization triggered the green movement all over the world.
Sustainability is the buzz word of the moment: Planet Earth can't sustain the living standards of the western world exteneded to all 6 billion of us. Is the claim. We are rushing towards extinction if we continue on our current path.
Some of these claims have been way overblown, or have you been stung by a Killer Bee lately?
John McCarthy is a life long scientist and when he looks at a problem like: Is our material progress sustainable? He collects data, does the math, contacts the experts in the fields and tries to leave ideology out of it.
Proof to the point his bare bone Web site. Bare bone from a style perspective, but it is chock full of information and references that support his findings.
Here the things that he covers on his site: energy in general, nuclear energy, solar energy, food supply, population, fresh water supply, forests and wood supply, global engineering, pollution, biodiversity, various menaces to human survival, the role of ideology in discussing these matters, useful references.
If you want to know the essence of all of it and what are John's latest observations, then come to the Future Salon this Thursday the 25th. I am convinced that tt is going to be a really interesting discussion.
A Future Salon has the following structure: 6-7 networking with light refreshments proudly sponsored by SAP.
From 7-9+ pm presentation and discussion. SAP Labs North America,
Building D, Room Southern Cross, 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
94304 [map] As always free and open to the public. Improve your commute by sharing it with a fellow Futurist. Check the Ride Board for opportunities. Free and open to the public. Please RSVP, so we can get enough food and drinks.
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