April 26, 2006

Seamus Moran will give a talk about The Next 10,000 Years

The world is not coming to an end, so let’s think together about the future. Humans have developed enough understanding of the planet, and our own history on it over the last 10,000 years, that we can now think on longer time scales.

James Warhola’s 1994 painting: Callahan’s Touch

Seamus Moran combines his knowledge of art, astronomy, history and conservation to give an introduction to long term thinking for a general audience. He has worked for many years with the African Rainforest Conservancy to save a biodiversity hotspot in east Africa; helped develop the new technology telescope Calypso and is a professor of interdiscipliStatus: RO Content-Length: 2853 ng for a general audience. He has worked for many years with the African Rainforest Conservancy to save a biodiversity hotspot in east Africa; helped develop the new technology telescope Calypso and is a professor of interdisciplinary studies with the Free International University started by Joseph Beuys. He studied mathematics at Trinity College Dublin and New York Univeristy, and lives in Manhattan. He buys more books than he can read.