GeekSpeak – Will the future be a Utopia or a Dystopia? Join the discussion Saturday, Dec 18th @ 12pm SLT

 

2021 is almost over and good riddance!  2 more weeks and we can breathe again!

Or can we?  What will 2022 bring?  Perhaps it will be a key year in the human journey.  It may be the beginning of the end, with climate disasters, more pandemics, the end of democracy.  Or it may be the start of the next phase of humanity, with friendly AI, nanotech, gene editing, and new sources of energy.

Join us at noon SLT on Saturday and tell us where you think we are going and what has been changed by the-year-that-will-never-be-mentioned-again.  Bring your friends and a helmet!

IM Vulcan Viper, who teaches a meditation class every Wednesday in the GeekSpeak auditorium, if you have ideas for new subjects.

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GeekSpeak subject for 5th June at noon SLT: What would a perfect world look like?

 

Imagine that you can design Utopia!  What would it look like?  There would be no war, no disease, no pollution, of course.  Would there be no old age?  Would no one ever die?  Then wouldn’t the world become overpopulated?  Would no animals ever die?  Then would we all have to become vegan? 

Could we design a world that satisfied everyone?  Both those who hate violence and those who enjoy MMA fights?  Could humans, being what they are, live together in a perfect world?  Should we think of ways to change humans so that they can live together?  Is the perfect world not for us, or people like us, but for our genetically modified descendants?  Should we aim for a ‘personal perfect world’?

Come and discuss the world today in its most perfect state and then discover the night side of that.  Bring your friends from every part of this pale blue dot.

IM Vulcan Viper, who teaches a meditation class at 1pm every Wednesday in the GeekSpeak auditorium, if you have ideas for new subjects.

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GeekSpeak – Utopia. Will we ever reach it? Join the discussion Saturday March 28th at 12pm SLT

Let’s discuss Utopia.  What is it like?  Is there a Utopia that suits everyone?  Would a world without any problems be Utopia?  Or would it be Hell for some of us? 

Is Utopia only possible in a virtual world?  Do we all need our own Utopia?  Will that be possible in the future?  A virtual world for each of us?  Or do we need other people, even if ‘Hell is other people’?  Do we all need multiple Utopias?

Is Utopia possible on Earth?  Let’s talk about getting there.  What will it be like?  Bring a map and a friend.

IM Vulcan Viper, who teaches a meditation class every Wednesday at the GeekSpeak auditorium at 1pm SLT, if you have ideas for new subjects.

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