<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Stewart Brand</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sb@gbn.org">sb@gbn.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:15 PM<br>
Subject: [SALT] Cory Doctorow next TUESDAY July 31 (for forwarding)<br>To: SALT list <<a href="mailto:salt@list.longnow.org">salt@list.longnow.org</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">
<div><p><br></p><p>Attacks on computer freedom will just keep escalating, Doctorow
contends. The copyright wars, net neutrality, and SOPA (Stop Online
Piracy Act) were early samples of what is to come. Victories for freedom in those
battles were temporary. Conflict in the decades ahead will feature ever
higher stakes, more convoluted issues, and far more powerful
technology. The debate is about how civilization decides to conduct
itself---and in whose interests.</p><p>“Cory Doctorow is one of the great context-setters of our
generation,” says Tim O’Reilly. Co-editor of the acclaimed blog “Boing
Boing,” Doctorow writes contemporary science fiction blending contextual
insight with journalistic depth. His recent books include <i> For the Win</i>; <i> Makers</i>; and <i> Little Brother</i>.</p></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<b>"</b><b style="font-weight:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">The Coming Century of War Against Your Computer</span></b><b>," </b><b style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cory Doctorow</span></b><b>, Novellus Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,</b> San Francisco, <b>7pm, </b><b style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, July 31</span></b><b>. </b>The show starts promptly at 7:30pm.<br>
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<div><br></div>Talks coming up:<div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Aug. 20 (Mon) - <a href="http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/aug/20/truth-about-book-revelations/" target="_blank">Elaine Pagels, "The Truth About the Book of Revelations"</a> </div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Sept. 5 (Tue) - <a href="http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/sep/05/birth-global-mind/" target="_blank">Tim O'Reilly, "<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Birth of the Global Mind"</span></a></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oct. 8 (Mon) - <a href="http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/oct/08/decline-violence/" target="_blank">Steven Pinker, "The Decline of Violence"</a></span></div>
</div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#222222">Nov. 13 (Tue) -</font> </span><font color="#000000"><a href="http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/nov/13/preservation-without-permission-paris-urban-experiment/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap">Lazar Kunstmann, Jon Lackman, "</span><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap">Preservation without Permission: the Paris Urban eXperiment"</span></a></font></div>
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