Richard: a fine idea, just necessitates to look a bit into the future. I have another question in this compartment: Why are people celebrated only when they are dead? Somebody dies and the media goes out of it's way to eulogize in superlatives. Why did they not do this a dy before the person departed? Would have been nice to read about onesself all those ornamental epithetons... John Mikes
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Richard Ruquist <yann...@gmail.com> wrote: > Future Day: a new global holiday March 1 February 29, 2012 > > *[+]* <http://www.kurzweilai.net/images/future_day.png>Why are nearly all > our holidays focused on celebrating the past, or the cyclical processes of > nature? Why not celebrate the amazing future we are collectively creating? > > That’s the concept behind a new global holiday, Future > Day<http://futureday.org/>(March 1), conceived by AI researcher Dr. Ben > Goertzel. Future > Day 2012 gatherings <http://futureday.org/events/> are scheduled in more > than a dozen cities, as well as in Second > Life<http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terasem/121/155/30/?img=http%3A//hplusmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/futuredaylogo.png&title=Future%20Day%20in%20Second%20Life%2C%20March%201%202012%206pm%20EST&msg=Future%20Day%20in%20Second%20Life%2C%20March%201%202012%206pm%25> > . > > “Celebrating and honoring the past and the cyclical processes of nature is > a valuable thing,” says Goertzel. “But in these days of rapid technological > acceleration, it is our future that needs more attention, not our past. My > hope is that Future Day can serve as a tool for helping humanity focus its > attention on figuring out what kind of future it wants, and striving to > bring these visions to reality.” > ------------------------------ > > “The past is over; the present is fleeting; we live in the future.” — Ray > Kurzweil re Future Day > > ------------------------------ > > “Ray Kurzweil* *predicts that technological paradigm shifts will become > increasingly common, leading to ‘technological change so rapid and profound > it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history,’” says Goertzel. > > “Future Day is designed to center the impossible in the public mind once a > year as a temptation too delicious to resist,” says Howard Bloom, author of > *Global Brain.* “If all matter in the universe is comprised of patterns, > let’s redesign what doesn’t work and form new methods for approaching the > future with fluidity,” says designer Natasha Vita-More, Chair, > Humanity+<http://humanityplus.org/> > . > > *Future Day events so far* > > Melbourne <http://futureday2012.eventbrite.com/>, 5:30 PM (1:30 AM EST) > to 10:30 PM, moderated by Singularity Summit AU organizer Adam A. Ford and > Australian ABC TV newscaster Josie Taylor, with Skype call-ins by Goertzel > and Vita-More. > > Terasem Island, Second Life, 6 PM EST: a public > event<http://opencog.org/2012/02/future-day-in-hong-kong-second-life-and-melbourne-australia/>, > where authors Howard Bloom and Martine Rothblatt and blogger Giulio Prisco > will join Goertzel, Vita-More, and Adam A. Ford. > > Other events: Sydney, Berkeley, Edmonton, Houston, Sao Paulo, **Salt Lake > City, Brussels, Paris, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Washington DC, and Lehi > (Utah). See http://futureday.org/events for updates. > > Starting your own event? List it here: i...@futureday.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.