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The Digital Moose Lounge is hosting an evening of two talks about the future of technology and society on Tuesday, November 18, at Fenwick & West in Mountain View.
Event Details (from the DML website):
"DML is lucky to have 2 extraordinary minds available to us to present their research findings, conclusions and futuristic ideas at this Business Moose presentation… So, whether you’re in HiTech, BioTech, AnyTech or NoTech, this is a not-to-be-missed event – unless you plan on retiring tomorrow…
Paul Kaihla, senior writer at Business 2.0 magazine, will explore his September cover story, “The Coming Job Boom.” He has fascinating insights into what the future could hold for the technology sectors in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Zack Lynch is an internationally known author with an amazing ability to express futuristic ideas in the language of today. He will talk about The Next Big Wave – Neurotechnology. It is described as any technology that makes it possible to manipulate the brain.
Come with an open mind and be amazed, maybe get scared a bit, but just be happy being part of an exclusive group that has the opportunity to be prepared for whatever the future may hold…"
Agenda:
6.00 – 7.00pm: Registration, food, drinks and new friends.
7.00 – 9.00pm: Presentations and Q&A
9.00 – 9.30pm: Nightcaps and interactions with presenters
Cost: $20.00 (includes all food and beverages). RSVP early as space is limited.
Sponsors include: Fenwick & West with great Canadian beer from Labatt and soft drinks from Clearly Canadian.
See you there.
With AO2003 behind me (see Ross and Chris for wrap ups), I'm off tonight to the World Future Society conference being held here in San Francisco. Gregory Stock is giving a talk tonight on his book Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future. I look forward to challenging him on a few of his timeline assumptions. More on that tomorrow.
Today I'll be at AO2003 Innovation Summit at Stanford. See a full webcast beginning at 8:45am PST. More from there.
PlumpJack's delicious duck dinner had a hard time competing with tonight's table conversation concerning free will. For about two hours Paul Zak, Paul Glimcher, Howard Fields, Oliver Goodenough, Margaret Gruter, Kevin McCabe, Morris Hoffman, and myself wrestled with randomness, arrows in time, coin flipping, converging utility maps, selective evolutionary tendencies, cheek pinching, dopamine neurons, motivation, oxytocin, synesthesia and yes, even whales.
Today's talks were outstanding and when time permits and connection speeds are faster the data dump will flow. Until then, it's all good food for thought and pleasant dreams.
The annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology is taking place this week in Hawaii. Among all the talks, this one on Tuesday looks particularly interesting:
Next year it will be held in SF, CA. Thanks Richard.