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“Future of Humanity: Seminar 4”
Convened August 21–24, 2003 | Foundation For the Future Building, Bellevue, Washington
Summary
 For Seminar 4, the Foundation For the Future reduced the number of scholars to 14 in order to conduct the meetings entirely on Foundation premises. These participants, who brought the perspectives of the physical, biological, and social sciences, articulated the three most critical issues for the next thousand years as: (1) facilitating the avoidance of social conflicts, (2) the need for an international body or early-warning mechanism dedicated to recognition of and education about impending risks, and (3) implementing global consciousness or the sense of being a planetary species. Each of these issues was the focus of a fishbowl dialogue.
A formal debate was engaged on the resolution: “Humanity’s long-term future will result from intentional, intelligent human design.” The final vote was in favor of the resolution.
Proceedings (5.3
MB PDF) of this
seminar, including transcripts of all dialogic sessions, available
for download. Featured is an interview of Arthur
R. Jensen,
winner of the 2003 Kistler Prize, conducted by Sesh Velamoor, Deputy
Director, Programs, Foundation For the Future.
Keynote PRESENTATIONs
 “The Role of Religion”
Dan Barker
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Madison, WI USA
 “The Current State of the Three Great Frontiers in Physics”
Dr. Paul Davies
Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Participants
Dan Barker
Public Relations Director
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Madison, WI USA
 Don Beck
CEO
Spiral Dynamics Group
Denton, TX USA
 Charles Brass
Chair
Baytec Institute for Learning and Development
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
 Angela Close
Archaeologist, Dept. of Anthropology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA USA
 Carl Coon
Humanist
Former US Ambassador
Washington, DC USA
 Peter Corning
Director
Institute for the Study of Complex Systems
Palo Alto, CA USA
Paul Davies
Professor
Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
 Russell Genet
Director
Orion Institute
Santa Margarita, CA USA
 John Hartung
Associate Professor
State University of New York
Brooklyn, NY USA
 Ronald Moore
Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Washington
Seattle, WA USA
 Adriana Ocampo
Senior Research Scientist
European Space Agency
Noordwijk, Netherlands
 Gary Schwartz
Professor
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ USA
 John Smart
Chairman
Institute for the Study of Accelerating Change
Los Angeles, CA USA
 Seung-Schik Yoo
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Brookline, MA USA
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