Foresight Visions, Part 1 -- Existential Hope

Published: Nov. 9, 2017, 12:30 a.m.

b"Phil, Stephen, and PJ welcome Christine Peterson and Allison\\xa0 Duettmann for a two-part discussion on what's new with the Foresight Institute\\xa0 and what's going to be happening at the upcoming Foresight Vision Weekend\\xa0 December 2-3.\\n\\nWhat Is the Vision Weekend?\\n\\nA member-gathering dedicated to taking stock of the most compelling ideas of today, turn them into coherent visions for a better future and get to work on them.\\n\\nKeynote panels will explore:\\n\\nLongevity: Reaching Escape Velocity\\n\\nBlockchains: Master Key To Unlock The Future?\\n\\nIntelligence: The Brain As Next Frontier?\\n\\nThe Long-Term: So Much To Do, So Little Time\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nIn part one of our discussion, Allison explains why Existential Hope will be a major theme for the Vision Weekend.\\xa0\\n\\nPlus Christine, Phil, and PJ reflect on the imact of past Foresight vision events\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nSPECIAL OFFER: World Transformed listeners can get a 50% discount off the ticket price for the Vision Weekend (which also requires membership in the Foresight Institute -- you can join when you buy your ticket.) Just use the discount code transformed.\\xa0\\n\\nAbout Our Guests:\\n\\nChristine Peterson writes, lectures, and briefs the media on world transforming technologies. She is the Co-Founder and former President of Foresight Institute, the leading nanotech public interest group.\\n\\nAllison\\xa0 Duettmann\\xa0 is the chair of the Foresight Institute\\u2019s Vision weekend.\\xa0 She also conducts research, authors reports, and hosts the invitational technical workshops and public events.\\xa0\\n\\nWT 366-677"