[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: [SALT] Synthetic biology debate next MONDAY Nov. 17 (for forwarding)

[Al Billings]

People may find this talk next week to be interesting.

  I apologize for not being around recently. I am fighting an  ongoing  
lowlevel illness that is leaving me pretty drained by the evening  
every day.

Al



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Stewart Brand <sb at gbn.org>
> Date: November 12, 2008 9:31:24 AM PST
> To: salt at list.longnow.org
> Subject: [SALT] Synthetic biology debate next MONDAY Nov. 17 (for  
> forwarding)
> Reply-To: services at longnow.org
>

>
> NOTE: This is on MONDAY eve, Nov. 17, not the usual Friday.
>
> Synthetic Biology has advanced much faster and farther than most  
> people realize, reminiscent of what happened when personal computers  
> took off.  Amateurs all over the world are programming bacteria and  
> viruses to do strange and wonderful things, or strange and dangerous  
> things, depending on your point of view.  Corporations are  
> developing new life forms for purposes that are noble or insidious,  
> depending on your point of view...
>
> "Synthetic Biology Debate," Drew Endy and Jim Thomas, Cowell  
> Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco, 7pm, MONDAY, November 17.  The  
> debate starts promptly at 7:30pm.  Admission is free (a $10 donation  
> is always welcome, not required).
>
> Stanford bioengineer Drew Endy, co-founder of the Biobricks  
> Foundation, is the leading enabler of open-source biotechnology.   
> Greenpeace veteran Jim Thomas, now a research manager at ETC Group  
> in Toronto, wrote "Extreme Genetic Engineering," a detailed critique  
> of synthetic biology.
>
> Talks coming up:
>
> Dec. 19 (Friday) - Rick Prelinger, "Lost Landscapes of San Francisco"
> Jan. 16 (Friday) - Saul Griffith, "Climate Change Recalculated"
> Feb. 13 (Friday) - Dmitri Orlov, "Social Collapse Best Practices"
> Mar. 20 (Friday) - Daniel Everett, "Endangered Languages, Lost  
> Knowledge and the Future"
> Apr. 10 (Friday) - Mayor Gavin Newsom, "Cities and Time"
> May 25 (MONDAY) - Paul Romer, "A Theory of History, with an  
> Application"
>
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> interested.
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>                                         --Stewart Brand
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>
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