Just want to say that the Long Now speaker series has a bunch of interesting talks in their back catalogue.

They really, really do. They do a spectacular job of bringing in people who are at the vanguard without slipping over the edge, so to speak.

Two favorites from the last couple years: Mary Lou Jepsen talking about new modes of cheap, easy medical imaging and their potential impacts: https://longnow.org/seminars/02018/oct/29/toward-practical-t...

Michael Frachetti on the role of nomadic pastoralists in both generating and spreading knowledge along the historic silk roads: https://longnow.org/seminars/02018/feb/26/open-source-civili...

They’re really such a diverse group of speakers and subjects, and all of them have been really high quality and high value.

Agreed. They also do a great job of nerding out on a topic without getting so into the technical weeds that a mass audience can’t follow.