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Reminder - 3rd Wave Society - Futurists meeting tomorrow night! - Don't forget, tomorrow night is our next meeting. Please RSVP if you haven't already. See you tomorrow! David 3rd Wave Society - Futurists March …	David Cohen	Mar 3, 2008 10:29 AM
Meeting details changed: 3rd Wave Society - Futurists March Meeting - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://future.meetup.com/55/calendar/7323081/ When: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 7:00 PM Where: Blue Moon Piz	David Cohen	Feb 18, 2008 9:13 PM
Re: [future-55] 3rd Wave Futurists tonight - reminder NEW LOCATION - I noticed that Google maps points to the wrong location for this address. Please use the directions below to get to the meeting tonight: (traveling I-285): Take exit 16 to Atlanta Rd Go North on Atlanta Rd from the exit Take the 1st	Paul	Jan 22, 2008 4:51 PM
Re: [future-55] 3rd Wave Futurists tonight - reminder NEW LOCATION -	Georgia Gromov	Jan 22, 2008 2:25 PM
3rd Wave Futurists tonight - reminder NEW LOCATION - Just a reminder that we are meeting in a different location than usual tonight: 3rd Wave Futurists Society When Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 7:00 PM Where Blue Moon Pizza 4600 West Village Place	David Cohen	Jan 22, 2008 2:08 PM
Event details changed: 3rd Wave Society - Futurists January Meetup - I'm sorry if there has been any confusion, but MeetUp keeps putting meetings on the schedule even though I have turned off the automatic scheduling feature. At any rate, I've updated this event. For more details, see the full listing:	David Cohen	Jan 11, 2008 4:57 PM
Re: [future-55] December meeting canceled - While no closer to me than Defoore, I'm intrigued nonetheless. Thinking Man in January? -- Andrew Krause --- kathy wrote: > hi all > i've missed the last few meetings-a combination of > location and disinterest	Andrew	Dec 9, 2007 1:16 PM
Re: [future-55] December meeting canceled - hi all i've missed the last few meetings-a combination of location and disinterest in debate- but would love to participate in a 'reinvigorated' discussion. i liked paul's earlier suggestion of thinking man's taven in	kathy	Dec 8, 2007 4:56 PM
Re: [future-55] December meeting canceled - David, I may bring a guest with me next time. I was sorry to miss the last meeting, but the more people show up, the better. Happy pagan holidays, Paul On Dec 7, 2007 8:37 AM, Andrew <	Paul	Dec 7, 2007 12:28 PM
Re: [future-55] December meeting canceled - Perimeter mall is somehow more central? --- David Cohen wrote: --------------------------------- Hello Futurists, I'm canceling the December 11th meeting - it was never supposed to be scheduled, but Meetup seems	Andrew	Dec 7, 2007 8:37 AM
December meeting canceled - Hello Futurists, I'm canceling the December 11th meeting - it was never supposed to be scheduled, but Meetup seems to have a mind of its own sometimes. The last couple of meetings have been very thin on attendance - are people sti	David Cohen	Dec 6, 2007 10:08 PM
Re: [future-55] Reminder 3rd Wave Futurists - Preview not available	Mick Wascom	Nov 29, 2007 9:12 AM
Re: [future-55] Reminder 3rd Wave Futurists - Peachtree City. Granted... I chose to live in the boonies, so I don't expect everyone to come to me. I'm just thinking we ought to consider somewhere more geographically centered. There's a large pool of potential futurists in Newnan, Peachtree City,	Andrew	Nov 29, 2007 8:35 AM
Re: [future-55] Reminder 3rd Wave Futurists - What area do you live in? I'm sure we can be flexible... at the very least we could alternate sites. Paul On Nov 28, 2007 8:18 AM, Andrew < hammerattack@yahoo.c	Paul	Nov 28, 2007 8:57 PM
Re: [future-55] Reminder 3rd Wave Futurists - Dittos, except that I don't really care to drive to the other side of Atlanta. Has anyone considered alternative meeting sites? -- Andrew Krause --- Paul wrote: > Aaaaargh! I completely forgot about the Meetup > ton	Andrew	Nov 28, 2007 8:18 AM
Re: [future-55] Reminder 3rd Wave Futurists - Aaaaargh! I completely forgot about the Meetup tonight. Well, if the group hasn't completely disintegrated I still wish to meet whomever wants to go next time! Paul On Nov 26, 2007 11:44 AM, David Cohen	Paul	Nov 27, 2007 8:46 PM
Reminder 3rd Wave Futurists - I hope all of you futurists had good old-fashioned Thanksgivings! I look forward to seeing you for our November meeting tomorrow night at the Defoor Centre. -David	David Cohen	Nov 26, 2007 11:44 AM
Event details changed: 3rd Wave Society - Futurists November Meetup - I've updated this event. For more details, see the full listing: http://future.meetup.com/55/calendar/6736385/ When: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 7:00 PM Where: Defoor Cent	David Cohen	Nov 14, 2007 8:03 PM
Re: [future-55] The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 1 - Joe, Might I suggest Kurzweil's book "The Singularity Is Near":	Paul	Oct 26, 2007 11:48 PM
The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 1 -	Joe	Oct 26, 2007 2:38 PM
Re: [future-55] Monkey Brains and Why People Flip You Off In Traffic - Hey guys, its good to be back. In the time span I have been 'absent,' I have changed my address and re-established my internet connection (yay, it took over 2 weeks to get it!) About the "monkeysphere": interesting obse	Paul	Oct 8, 2007 5:47 PM
Re: [future-55] Monkey Brains and Why People Flip You Off In Traffic -	Joe	Oct 1, 2007 1:14 PM
Re: [future-55] Monkey Brains and Why People Flip You Off In Traffic - Preview not available	Mark Lusher	Oct 1, 2007 12:37 PM
Monkey Brains and Why People Flip You Off In Traffic - Frederich Nietzsche is not one of my favorite philosophers, but he did have his points. He said, "...insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule." As if rediscovering Nietzsche, scientists stu	Andrew	Oct 1, 2007 10:13 AM
The Global Brain -	Sandy Roach	Sep 12, 2007 3:02 PM
Re: [future-55] The Next Disruptors - I'm not giving up on that one just yet :). Maybe when someone invents the 'replicator' (Star Trek one, not Stargate one) we'll finally have it. --- David Cohen wrote: > I'm surprised that desktop fabrication was an "also	Andrew	Aug 31, 2007 8:14 AM
Re: [future-55] The Next Disruptors - I'm surprised that desktop fabrication was an "also ran." -D On 8/23/07, Andrew wrote: > > Interesting read, though I'd argue with every one of > those technologies as qualifying for the title of a > "disruptive" technol	David Cohen	Aug 31, 2007 12:13 AM
Re: [future-55] The Next Disruptors - Interesting read, though I'd argue with every one of those technologies as qualifying for the title of a "disruptive" technology. They're all more or less "sustaining" technologies, many of them are already in use. That's if you buy into the idea	Andrew	Aug 23, 2007 2:22 PM
The Next Disruptors -	Sandy Roach	Aug 23, 2007 11:51 AM
Things I mentioned I'd email - Everyone, Here are the links and things I mentioned at tonights meeting. Thursday night if your available please join me at the Italy Atlanta Film Fest. http://www.italya	Mark Lusher	Aug 15, 2007 12:01 AM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick - > > Please show me where Scientific American > acknowledges that Shermer's > articles constitutes their editorial position. > Shermer's opinion is his opinion not the Scientific > American's opinion. No. That's not a point I ev	Andrew	Aug 14, 2007 9:17 AM
Re: [future-55] hockey stick - give me that talking stick! paul, i'm really impressed at your open approach to the global warming literature and your willlingness to see things differently. usually debate strengthens the views	kathy	Aug 14, 2007 7:59 AM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick - To All, Finally we have the real reason for global warming. Sandy	Sandy Roach	Aug 13, 2007 8:42 PM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick - Andrew, Please show me where Scientific American acknowledges that Shermer's articles constitutes their editorial position. Shermer's opinion is his opinion not the Scientific American's opinion. Martin Gardner had a math	Sandy Roach	Aug 13, 2007 8:19 PM
Re: [future-55] hockey stick - On 8/13/07, Andrew < [address removed] > wrote: [..]	Paul	Aug 13, 2007 2:33 PM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick - > My comment still stands that Scientific American > magazine does not have an > editorial page. > > Skeptic is a column written by Michael Shermer. This > is not an editorial > column even though MS is very opinionated. > > He is promoting his o	Andrew	Aug 13, 2007 10:17 AM
Re: [future-55] hockey stick - Apologies for such a long email... read at your own peril. Well I finally got around to watching Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"... partly because it was topical to this discussion and partly because I had been wanting to see it	Paul	Aug 13, 2007 1:13 AM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick -	Sandy Roach	Aug 12, 2007 8:18 PM
Re: [future-55] Next meeting agenda - No no, just a stick. There are some limbic responses that just aren't polite in mixed company. People don't get confused as to the purpose of a large blunted object. Hopefully no one starts drooling when they hear the egg timer go 'ding'. That'd be	Andrew	Aug 9, 2007 1:15 PM
Re: [future-55] Next meeting agenda - So, speak softly and carry a big limbic response generator? -D On 8/9/07, Andrew wrote: > In the past when I've hosted forums with small groups > of long winded and eager speakers, I've used a > combination of an egg time	David Cohen	Aug 9, 2007 12:05 PM
Re: [future-55] Next meeting agenda - In the past when I've hosted forums with small groups of long winded and eager speakers, I've used a combination of an egg timer and a 'speaking stick'. The stick tends to redirect people's attention away from the idea of waiting for (or anticipating)	Andrew	Aug 9, 2007 11:50 AM
Next meeting agenda - Follow futurists, My apologies for not sending this out sooner. I have been very busy and kept putting it on a back burner. As discussed in the last meeting we are going to go over the first two chapters of Revolutionary Wealth by	Mark Lusher	Aug 9, 2007 10:38 AM
Re: [future-55] hockey stick - Andrew, Great to have you with us... especially since I agree with you. :-) Well said about the issue of "consensus." But I want to emphasize that while I refrain from "taking sides," I believe skepticism and a gener	Paul	Aug 5, 2007 11:30 PM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick - I know this group is supposed to be about the future... but I miss "vi" and "emacs". Text rules. -- Andrew Krause --- Sandy Roach wrote: > To All, > > > > We can thank Microsoft for losing the formatting	Andrew	Aug 5, 2007 9:08 PM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick - Sandy, I'm new here, and generally I like to lurk a forum before saying anything. However, as someone with a science background, I feel it necessary to interject. Scientific American (...as an authority) -----------------------------------------	Andrew	Aug 5, 2007 9:07 PM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick -	Sandy Roach	Aug 5, 2007 6:31 PM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick -	Sandy Roach	Aug 5, 2007 1:13 AM
Re: [future-55] hockey stick - There is a documentary out there called "The Great Global Warming Hoax". There are a few minor errors in the documentary, but overall they do a good job of explaining the socio-political and scientific aspects of anthropogenic global warming. If y	Andrew	Aug 2, 2007 8:16 AM
Re: [future-55] hockey stick - Preview not available	Paul	Aug 1, 2007 10:27 PM
USA Today article I felt was relivant to group. - Bomb-laden 'Reaper' drones bound for Iraq BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AP) — The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It is outfitted with infrared, laser and radar	Mark Lusher	Jul 16, 2007 2:02 PM
RE: [future-55] hockey stick -	Sandy Roach	Jul 11, 2007 3:50 PM
hockey stick - Wikipedia has a great description of the "hockey stick controversy": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_stick_controversy Many have been critical of the inter	Paul	Jul 11, 2007 2:00 AM
Re: [future-55] Book for next meeting - revolutionary wealth it is kathy On 6/14/07, Richard < [address removed] > wrote:	kathy	Jun 15, 2007 9:07 PM
Re: [future-55] Book for next meeting -	Richard	Jun 14, 2007 6:17 PM
Re: [future-55] Book for next meeting - Ok, then we can optionally read Third Wave for August. Paul On 6/14/07, Mark Lusher < [address removed] > wrote:	Paul	Jun 14, 2007 5:18 PM
Re: [future-55] Book for next meeting - Revolutionary Wealth works for me too. Ok we can go with that. -- Mark D. Lusher tel 678.907.0639 fax 484.307.0639 [address removed]	Mark Lusher	Jun 14, 2007 1:27 PM
Re: [future-55] Book for next meeting - We could read that, or Toffler has a new one which sounds like it is closer in topic to "The Future of Making a Living". It is called "Revolutionary Wealth". Here's a link to the book's website: http://www.revolutionarywealth.com/ Either title wor	David Cohen	Jun 14, 2007 11:08 AM
Re: [future-55] Book for next meeting - Sounds good to me. Paul On 6/14/07, Mark Lusher < [address removed] > wrote:	Paul	Jun 14, 2007 10:22 AM
Book for next meeting - I haven't been able to find the book, The future of making a living. Upon researching the author it could be a article he had written or collaborated on. Since it seems hard to come by I suggest we change the book. The Third Wave by Alvin Toff	Mark Lusher	Jun 14, 2007 10:03 AM

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