[NOTE: This talk starts 90 minutes earlier than usual. Doors open at 5:30pm. Talk at 6pm.]
Perspective? No one has a longer or better-informed view of world affairs and America's role than George Shultz, now 97. Secretary Shultz was a US Marine Captain in World War II. After becoming an economics professor at MIT and the University of Chicago he served the Nixon administration as Secretary of Labor, then director of the Office of Management and Budget, then Secretary of the Treasury. Back in private life by 1974, he led Bechtel Group as executive vice president and president. He was appointed Secretary of State in 1982, where he helped finesse Reagan’s relationship with Gorbachev that wound down the Cold War. Still active in public policy after leaving government in 1989, Shultz has been an advocate for legalizing recreational drugs, for ending the Cuban embargo, for a world totally free of nuclear weapons, and for a revenue-neutral carbon tax. Secretary Shultz will be interviewed on stage by Peter Schwartz---head of strategy for Salesforce, a founding board member of Long Now, formerly the CEO of Global Business Network, and author of The Art of the Long View (01991). "Perspective," George P. Shultz, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 5:30pm, Monday, July 16. The show starts promptly at 6:00pm. To be sure of a seat: • Long Now Members <https://longnow.org/membership/> can use the discount code on the Shultz Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/jul/16/perspective/>. • You can purchase tickets for $25 each <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/jul/16/perspective/>. • 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 6:00pm PT - become a member <https://longnow.org/membership/> for just $8 a month. Share this talk: George P. Shultz, "Perspective" Long Now talk on 7/16 https://goo.gl/Xg3nQe <https://goo.gl/Xg3nQe> Talks coming up: 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/> October 29 - Mary Lou Jepsen, Toward Practical Telepathy <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/oct/29/toward-practical-telepathy/> 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 <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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