Hi Futurists,
Next Salon is on Friday the 16th of August.
We have fine-tuned our approach, this time only one book. That gives
us more time to get into a deeper discussion of the topic.
John Abbe will introduce Sharif Abdullah's book "Creating a World
that works for All". Which he outlined in his post:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bafuture/message/141
Direct link to the book details:
http://www.commonway.org/cawtwfa02.htm
It is less technical then the usual books we are reading. Sharif
describes the current status of the global society and envisions a
Inclusive World. More like "If you want to know the future, create
it". (I love this bumper sticker and was waiting for a chance to slip
it into a post)
Non of the books that we read before started with an Essay from
Vaclav Havel, with which it turns out, he opened the Forum 2000
conference in 1997:
http://www.cts.cuni.cz/conf98/vhavel.htm
(The part that was made into the essay starts at: "Humankind today is
well aware of the varied spectrum of threats looming over its head.
…")
Michael Korns already has posted his thoughts regarding the book
here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bafuture/message/160
It is going to be interesting.
With only one book, we also have more time for news articles that you
stumbled over in the last month, like this one: Second law of
thermodynamics "broken"
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992572
Print them out and bring them with you.
As always you don't have to have read the book to take part in the
Salon, just bring your open mind :-)
Location: Barnes and Nobles bookstore at the Hillsdale Shopping
Center just across the San Mateo Caltrain Station. 11 West Hillsdale
Blvd., Hillsdale Shopping Center San Mateo, CA 94403 Tel: 650-341-5560
When: 7:00 to 9:00 pm, 16th of August 2002
As always please join us also for dinner afterwards next door at
Romano's Macaroni Grill.
See you all there, Mark.