Civilization is both astonishing and astonishingly various when viewed from slightly above.
Not so far above as to be lost in planetary context, but just high enough to see a fascinating thing whole, entire, intensely peculiar and informative. The glory is in the high-resolution details, in the perpetually surprising god’s-eye perspective, and in the shocking patterns that we arrange things in without even knowing it. Revel in a host of such images and the understanding that emerges from them with collector/curator Benjamin Grant, author of the book Overview and host of the dazzling Instagram project “Daily Overview <https://www.instagram.com/dailyoverview/>.” "Overview: Earth and Civilization in the Macroscope," Benjamin Grant, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 7pm, Tuesday May 22. 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 Grant Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/may/22/overview-earth-and-civilization-macroscope/>. • You can purchase tickets for $25 each <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/may/22/overview-earth-and-civilization-macroscope/>. • Seminar at SFJAZZ Center <http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions> 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 • Tune into the live 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: Benjamin Grant, "Overview: Earth and Civilization in the Macroscope" Long Now talk on 5/22 https://goo.gl/AfpxZj <https://goo.gl/AfpxZj> Talks coming up: June 19 - Chris Thomas, Are We Initiating The Great Anthropocene Speciation Event? <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/jun/19/are-we-initiating-great-anthropocene-speciation-event/> July 16 - George Shultz, Perspective <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/jul/16/perspective/> August 6 - Juan Benet, Long Term Info-structure <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/aug/06/long-term-info-structure/> September 12 - Julia Galef, Soldiers and Scouts: Why our minds weren't built for truth, and how we can change that <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/sep/12/soldiers-and-scouts-why-our-minds-werent-built-truth-and-how-we-can-change/> 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>. You are welcome to forward this note to anyone you think might be interested. --Stewart Brand 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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