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From: Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Subject: [tt] [SALT] Synthetic biology debate next MONDAY Nov. 17 (for
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From: Stewart Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:31:24 -0800
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Subject: [SALT] Synthetic biology debate next MONDAY Nov. 17 (for
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NOTE: This is on MONDAY eve, Nov. 17, not the usual Friday.
Synthetic Biology has advanced much faster and farther than most
people realize, reminiscent of what happened when personal computers
took off. Amateurs all over the world are programming bacteria and
viruses to do strange and wonderful things, or strange and dangerous
things, depending on your point of view. Corporations are developing
new life forms for purposes that are noble or insidious, depending on
your point of view...
"Synthetic Biology Debate," Drew Endy and Jim Thomas, Cowell
Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco, 7pm, MONDAY, November 17. The
debate starts promptly at 7:30pm. Admission is free (a $10
donation is always welcome, not required).
Stanford bioengineer Drew Endy, co-founder of the Biobricks
Foundation, is the leading enabler of open-source biotechnology.
Greenpeace veteran Jim Thomas, now a research manager at ETC Group in
Toronto, wrote "Extreme Genetic Engineering," a detailed critique of
synthetic biology.
Talks coming up:
Dec. 19 (Friday) - Rick Prelinger, "Lost Landscapes of San Francisco"
Jan. 16 (Friday) - Saul Griffith, "Climate Change Recalculated"
Feb. 13 (Friday) - Dmitri Orlov, "Social Collapse Best Practices"
Mar. 20 (Friday) - Daniel Everett, "Endangered Languages, Lost
Knowledge and the Future"
Apr. 10 (Friday) - Mayor Gavin Newsom, "Cities and Time"
May 25 (MONDAY) - Paul Romer, "A Theory of History, with an
Application"
NEWS: The Long Now videos now come with SUBTITLES in English and other
languages, and you can help. Go to the dotSUB site [1]here to view
subtitled SALT talks, or to add your own subtitling. Non-English
languages especially welcome.
High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits are available to
Long Now members. Membership, which costs $8/month ($96/year), helps
support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable [2]here.
This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking
(SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audios and my
summaries of all previous talks are available for download [3]here (or
stay up to date with the Podcast [4]here). You'll find a range of
long-term thinking items on our [5]Blog ([6]RSS). If you would like
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online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now---
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--Stewart Brand
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3. http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/
4. http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/podcast.php
5. http://blog.longnow.org/
6. http://feeds.feedburner.com/longnowblog
7. http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/SALT
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