Douglas Coupland has done so much more than name a generation (“Generation X”—from his novel of that name). He is a prolific writer (22 books, including nonfiction such as his biography of Marshall McLuhan) and a brilliant visual artist with installations at a variety of museums and public sites. His 1995 novel Microserfs nailed the contrast between corporate and startup cultures in software and Web design.
Coupland is fascinated by time. For Long Now he plans to deploy ideas and graphics “all dealing on some level with time and how we perceive it, how we used to perceive it, and where our perception of it may be going.” A time series about time. "The Extreme Present," Douglas Coupland, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 7pm, Tuesday November 1. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm. To be sure of a seat: • Long Now Members <https://longnow.org/membership/> can use the discount code on the Coupland Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats <http://longnow.org/seminars/02016/nov/01/extreme-present/>. • You can purchase tickets for $15 each <http://longnow.org/seminars/02016/nov/01/extreme-present/>. • Seminar at SFJAZZ Center <http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions> 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 • Tune into the live audio stream <http://longnow.org/live/> for Long Now Members at 7:30 PT - become a member <https://longnow.org/membership/> for just $8 a month. Share this talk: Douglas Coupland, "The Extreme Present" Long Now talk on 11/1 https://goo.gl/8Hrp9n <https://goo.gl/8Hrp9n> Talks coming up: Dec. 6 & 7 (Tue. & Wed.) - Rick Prelinger, Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 11 <http://longnow.org/seminars/02016/dec/06/lost-landscapes-san-francisco-11/> Jan. 4 (Wed.) - Steven Johnson, Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World <http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/jan/04/wonderland-how-play-made-modern-world/> July 24 (Mon.) - Carolyn Porco, Looking for Life in the Solar System High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority tickets) are available to Long Now members. Membership, which starts at $8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable here <https://longnow.org/membership/>. This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audio and my summaries of all previous talks are available for download here <http://longnow.org/seminars/> (or stay up to date with the podcast here <http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/>). You'll find a range of long-term thinking items on our Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> (RSS <http://feeds.feedburner.com/longnow>). If you would like to be notified by email (like this one) of forthcoming talks, go here <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt> to sign up online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now -- 415-561-6582 x1 <tel:415-561-6582%20x1> or danie...@longnow.org <mailto:danie...@longnow.org>. SALT talk videos are made possible by Whole Earth Films together with a grant from Margaret & Will Hearst, and are a production of FORA.tv Studios <http://fora.tv/services/foratv-studios/> in association with Sustainability Media <http://sustainabilitymedia.com/>. You are welcome to forward this note to anyone you think might be interested. --Stewart Brand s...@longnow.org <mailto:s...@longnow.org> -- The Long Now Foundation -- http://longnow.org/ <http://longnow.org/> Seminars & downloads -- http://longnow.org/seminars/ <http://longnow.org/seminars/> Interval Events -- http://theinterval.org/events/ <http://theinterval.org/events/> •Twitter <https://twitter.com/longnow> - up to the minute info on tickets and events •Long Now Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> - daily updates on events and ideas •Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/longnow> - stay in touch through our fan page
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