>From: cwhipple@vantasinc.com
>I'm reporting from the SmartCard-run Sun Microsystems Net
>Terminals on the main floor of Cisco Networkers. Just prior to
>lunch I was lucky enough to attend a keynote from
>author/columnist/advisor Peter Schwartz on the subject of where
>we've come and where we're going.
>Like most "visionaries" the results of his visions are beyond his
>life span and therefore default his responsibilities to them.
>However he made some interesting points that I will categorize in
>a longer e-mail later.
>Never having read any of his stuff, I walk away from his speech
>with the feeling that he's a rich optimist -- and I don't have to
>wonder which came first...
>However I got a chance to briefly meet with him afterward and
>introduced myself in the name of my company and -- just to test
>the waters -- the Extropy Institute, which brought what seemed to
>be a rare sort of smile to his face.
IMS Peter Schwartz is co-founder with Stewart Brand of the Global
Business Network, an online think-tank, he is also the author of
"The Art Of The Long View" which is a must read for Extropians.
Brian
Member:
Extropy Institute, www.extropy.org
Adler Planetarium www.adlerplanetarium.org
Life Extension Foundation, www.lef.org
National Rifle Association, www.nra.org, 1.800.672.3888
Mars Society, www.marssociety.org
Ameritech Data Center Chicago, IL, Local 134 I.B.E.W
IMS: If memory serves.
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