Future Salon

POW! [Power Our World] Future Salon – Movies that Move Us (to action?) & Make a Difference!

Join us tonight 8th of October 6pm PST at this link: https://meet.google.com/yap-iscr-jcd?hs=122&authuser=1

Yeah, just what you need another Zoom call :-) We promise this is different. Bring your favorite beverage and snack, relax and share impactful movies that moved you, maybe even to change your life in a positive way, which is a high bar. 

Tonight extra special as my cohost Zan Gill has invited the Dennis Britton, and he is going to share an impactful 8 minutes long short film tonight. I have not seen it yet, and am really excited about this evening. [I got some details wrong in the video, my apology].

I will open up with a song that was composed in 1679 when Vienna was in the grips of the Black Plague and it really uplifted them. A story of survival. 

Join us tonight 8th of October 6pm PST at this link: https://meet.google.com/yap-iscr-jcd?hs=122&authuser=1

Here is the flow: 

1. Everyone on the call can suggest an impactful movie they want to share by adding it to this list. 

2. We select a movie from the list and the person that suggested it briefly introduces the film. We will only select movies where the person who suggested it is present. 

3. We watch the trailer together. 

4. We discuss the movie for 5-10 minutes and explore: 

   • What lessons can be learned?  

   • What actions can be taken? 

5. We select the next movie from the list and continue until the hour+ is up. 

See you this Thursday, October 8th @ 6pm (a flexible “Baker’s Hour”) to watch/ discuss trailers of your favorite impactful movies. 

Future Salon Speaker Joe Quirk reading in Berkeley

You may remember Joe Quirk presenting the very funny Sociobiology Future Salons.

He is out with a super cool new book Exult trying to answer the question: Is a life fully lived worth an early death? About a hang glider from Berkeley that is experiencing death and near death and everything in between ;-)

Joe used to hang glide, which is one of the reason the book is thick with emotions like the exhilaration of flying and the fear of the crash.

It is a fast paced page turner and keeps you mulling the essential question of how to live your life.

Correction: Next Saturday December 12th  you have the chance to hear him read from his book.

EXULT by Joe Quirk

In his own words: At the new Books Inc. in Berkeley, I'm going to read two sections
from my new novel, Exult.  It's a philosophical action adventure, so
I'll read a harrowing action scene, and the harrowing argument that
results.

I'm also going to talk about the promise and challenges of ebooks and
print-on-demand publishing, and I'm going to break the authors'
silence and address the deep problems with traditional publishing.

Only Books Inc. would allow me-- no, encourage me-- to talk about
this.  Gotta tip the hat to Calvin Crosby, store manager.

Saturday, December 12, 7 PM.
1760 Fourth Street
Berkeley, CA
510.525.7777
-- a stone's throw from the site of the former Cody's Books.

Alameda Sun review of Exult:
http://www.alamedasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5614&Itemid=14

Here's a CBS interview with me about Exult:
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=[email protected]

Very Gradual Change We Can Believe In

Stumbled upon this excellent spoof of Obama's poster: Very Gradual Change We Can Believe In by darwin2009 at Zazzle.com

Wanted to share it yesterday with the Future Salon crowed, but didn't get to it.

All profits from the sale of the poster/t-shirts/stickers will go to the National Center for Science Education NCSE.

By the way after the talk a second time Future Salon participant came up to me and said: Even if you would charge $50 that wouldn't stop me from coming. Wow, thank you, first time that someone put a price tag to it and such a high one at that. It made my day.

I am really happy with the support that I am getting from SAP Labs and love that we can offer the program for free and to everyone who is interested. I am planning to continue to do so. Spread the word.