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November 2006

After Stern

I’m doing a short talk in response to Michael Jacobs at an event at the RSA on Wednesday about climate change and the Stern review. Michael is a member of the UK Chancellor’s Council of Economic Advisers and a brilliant speaker – will be interesting to hear what he has to say. I think I’m going to talk about optimism and climate change, and how [...]

Long Now London: The Ghost Map

In my role as London based friend of the Long Now Foundation, I’ve done a bit of pro-am event organisation. Here are the details: The Ghost Map Steven Johnson in conversation with Brian Eno 18:45, 4 December 2006, The ICA, the Mall, London SW1 In 1854 a cholera epidemic killed 50,000 people in England and Wales and become a battle between man and microbe unlike [...]