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“Future of Humanity: Seminar 5”
Convened August 12–14, 2004 | Foundation For the Future Building, Bellevue, Washington
Summary
 The 11 participants who gathered for Humanity 3000 Seminar 5 brought together expertise in anthropology, psychiatry, philosophy, nanotechnology, social complexity, cognitive ethics, physics, genetics, science history, and ecological/economical sustainability.
The three most critical issues for the next thousand years, as determined by these scholars, were described as: (1) Human identity and threats: Positive cooperation in an identity beyond nationhood in the context of a major, perceived, shared global threat, (2) Finding ways to bounce back when disasters happen, and
(3) Designing an organizational solution that can mitigate or eliminate the possibility of collapse of collective welfare. These critical issues were discussed at length in fishbowl dialogues.
A formal debate was engaged on the resolution: “It is resolved that terrorism manifests a clash of civilizations and is a war without end.” The final vote narrowly defeated the debate resolution.
Proceedings (11.9
MB PDF) of this
seminar, including transcripts of all dialogic sessions, available
for download. Featured will be an interview of Vincent
M. Sarich, winner of the 2004 Kistler Prize, conducted
by Sesh Velamoor, Deputy Director, Programs, Foundation For the Future.
Keynote Presentations
 “Human Past, Human Future”
Dr. Ian Tattersall
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY USA
 “The Scientific Worldview – an Oxymoron?”
Dr. Mott Greene
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA USA
Participants
 William H. Calvin
Author and Neurobiologist
University of Washington
Seattle, WA USA
 Claudio Cioffi-Revilla
Professor/Director, Center for the Study of Social Complexity
George Mason University
Fairfax, VI USA
Mott Greene
Professor/Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA USA
 John Leslie
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
University of Guelph
Ontario, Canada
 Ramez Naam
CEO
Apex NanoTechnologies
Seattle, WA USA
 Tom Prugh
Editor
Worldwatch Institute
Washington, DC USA
 Vincent Sarich
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
University of California
Berkeley, CA USA
 Wrye Sententia
Director
Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics
Davis, CA USA
 Victor Stenger
Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Hawaii
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado
Lafayette, CO USA
Ian Tattersall
Curator, Div. of Anthropology
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY USA
 Spencer Wells
Geneticist, Writer, Filmmaker
National Geographic Society
Washington, DC USA
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