Lecture & Discussion: Rewilding Humanity
I'll be talking about a new vision of humanity for a sustainable future, at the Subtle Technologies 2010 annual festival
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Jun 04, 2010 from 11:15 am to 12:00 pm |
Where | Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto |
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For 3 days in June at the 13th annual Subtle Technologies Festival, an exciting line up of scientists, artists and designers will journey from around the world to share ideas, science and artworks that explore this year’s theme – Sustainability.
My part in this:
Economic sustainability is not enough if human civilization is going to have a long presence on Earth. We need to not only reform our institutions but redefine what they are and how they operate; and we need a new vision of what it means to be human in a world where neither transcendence or apocalypse are viable options. One possibility is “rewilding”–bringing our constructed environments in line with our instinctive and cognitive needs.