The bad news (not news to most): Many wild species are under severe duress.
The good news (total news to most): “Nature is thriving in an age of extinction.” Ecologist and evolutionary biologist Chris Thomas has examined a little-noticed phenomenon: an unintentional byproduct of massive human impact is that biodiversity is increasing in pretty much every region of the world. Evolution has sped up. Wild populations are on the move, sometimes in response to climate change, often hitch-hiking on us. Hybridization is rampant, leading at times to whole new species. The Anthropocene, evidently, is a mass speciation event. An ardent conservationist, Thomas makes the case that conservation efforts are most effective when we acknowledge—and study— what nature is really up to, and work with that. Chris Thomas is a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of York in England and author of Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction (02017). "Are We Initiating The Great Anthropocene Speciation Event?" Chris D. Thomas, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 7pm, Tuesday June 19. 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 Thomas Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/jun/19/are-we-initiating-great-anthropocene-speciation-event/>. • You can purchase tickets for $25 each <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/jun/19/are-we-initiating-great-anthropocene-speciation-event/>. • 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: Chris D. Thomas, "Are We Initiating The Great Anthropocene Speciation Event?" Long Now talk on 6/19 https://goo.gl/uvwPX2 <https://goo.gl/uvwPX2> Talks coming up: 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 _______________________________________________ SALT mailing list unsubscribe / change email: http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt>
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