![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Jun. 8th, 2013 18:00Happy Birthday, taketimetoshine!
Jun. 8th, 2013
(no subject)
Jun. 8th, 2013 18:01Friday June 7, 2013 Idea: A legislative house in which long-range plans (a century or more) originate. Which, to be practical, requires that the future can be very accurately predicted. And that politicians can be trusted to choose wisely among predictions.
***From Twitter:
Human Origins at SI @HumanOrigins
MT @SmithsonianMag: Similar body language in baby chimps, bonobos & humans suggests gestures came 1st in speech evol. http://ow.ly/lMKHv
***From Twitter:
Greg Hancock @greghancock
"Our...library...will be filled with the best 3,500 volumes to restart civilization." https://longnow.org/salon/ @longnow cc @hughhowey #grim
Retweeted by Long Now
Two science fiction writers have speculated that it would be best to let civilization die out and a new civilization be born. Fredric Brown ("Letter to a Phoenix") and Chad Oliver ("Transfusion") came up with different rationales.
***From Twitter:
Human Origins at SI @HumanOrigins
MT @SmithsonianMag: Similar body language in baby chimps, bonobos & humans suggests gestures came 1st in speech evol. http://ow.ly/lMKHv
***From Twitter:
Greg Hancock @greghancock
"Our...library...will be filled with the best 3,500 volumes to restart civilization." https://longnow.org/salon/ @longnow cc @hughhowey #grim
Retweeted by Long Now
Two science fiction writers have speculated that it would be best to let civilization die out and a new civilization be born. Fredric Brown ("Letter to a Phoenix") and Chad Oliver ("Transfusion") came up with different rationales.