Coming to the Extravaganza in Seattle?
Added 2020-02-15 05:11:32 +0000 UTCAny patrons coming to the Extravaganza tomorrow in old rainy Seattle? Make sure to bring your books because we will do a signing afterwards.
Make sure you let us know you are coming.
Hope to see you there!
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Bought 2 tickets! Very EXCITED! Bringing book, inviting friends, etc...
Elias
2020-03-09 18:11:59 +0000 UTCI've just posted this to the SGU forum but thought I'd also post it here given the discussion above. I've just listened to the ep and enjoyed it. A few points. First, I think that a live audience expect a little more entertainment than is included in a normal episode. I attended the London live show and really enjoyed it. It's quite likely that some interaction with the audience was edited out, I think that was the case with the London show. I agree live shows (not just the SGU) aren't often as satisfactory from a podcast listeners' point of view, but that's often because the presenters aren't used to a live audience and their delivery is more stilted. At this stage the Rogues have a lot of live show experience and they seemed very relaxed, there was a lot of informal chat and ribbing of each other. Secondly, thinking about possible futures has to be a good thing. Businesses use a technique called scenario planning which involves thinking of different possible future scenarios and imagining how they could respond to them. The idea isn't to predict what will happen - as others have pointed out in this thread, it's obvious that no one knows - but instead to think through and plan how they should prepare and respond. The best plans are those which enable them to respond to a number of different scenarios and cope well with the unexpected. At its heart planning it's about thinking - as is scepticism - and anything that prompts us to think things through has to be good, right? Some public sector organisations also use scenario planning, by the way. Lastly I think it's naive to believe that either sector - government or business- is going to do the heavy lifting that's needed to tackle climate change. At least, they won't until it is very obvious that climate change has serious consequences: for example, that tens or hundreds of millions of people are dying and the planet is becoming increasingly unlivable and making it difficult for them to operate. Even in this situation it seems possible to me that ideology driven governments, funded by fossil fuel industries, will continue to deny climate change. Or they will at least deny that there is anything that can be done about it. But businesses will have a bigger incentive: their profits. If they can see most of their customer base dying within a foreseeable future (as someone pointed out above, they mostly think very short term and only then about profit), and appreciate that climatic changes make it more and more difficult to operate they might act to protect their future profits. Having no customers is really bad for business. Overall, I prefer regular episodes but variety is good, this made me think some more about the issues which have been discussed. And maybe thinking about and preparing for possible futures would be a good topic for a future SGU book?
Andrew Cooper
2020-02-18 14:12:27 +0000 UTCIβll be there!
Sam Hutchins
2020-02-16 00:04:38 +0000 UTCI'll be there with a couple friends in tow. I'll bring my SGU book plus I'm hoping to have Cara sign my 5yo daughter's Charlie and the Tortoise book
Rob
2020-02-15 19:27:16 +0000 UTCIβll be there with a book. Iβm so excited!
Lorenzo
2020-02-15 18:41:38 +0000 UTCMy son and I will be there with the paperback to sign. I donated the hard cover book to an Atheist Skeptic prison group I volunteer at
Rick
2020-02-15 17:50:08 +0000 UTCLooking forward to the show tonight!
Tom Brown
2020-02-15 17:48:11 +0000 UTCI"ll bring a book
Dan Green
2020-02-15 17:35:52 +0000 UTCI will be there!!
Elise Christey
2020-02-15 17:03:41 +0000 UTCI will be there! Hope you enjoy the Emerald City!
Bruce Santier
2020-02-15 16:32:54 +0000 UTCI will be there with my wife.
Ishai
2020-02-15 16:18:22 +0000 UTCSo hyped! Lent out my hardcover to my sister, but I'll bring my softbound copy.
Martin Werr
2020-02-15 15:52:19 +0000 UTCI've been listening to the show since 2007 so I'm stoked to go tonight!
Kyle Linebarger
2020-02-15 15:46:57 +0000 UTCIβll be there! Very much looking forward to it!
Ryan Garrick
2020-02-15 15:28:02 +0000 UTCI will be there with my daughter. I have a Kindle version of the book. Trying to figure out how to get it signed π€
AB
2020-02-15 07:55:29 +0000 UTCSounds good. It's been since TAM9 since I saw the SGU live. Looking forward to it!
Albert Nakano
2020-02-15 06:57:30 +0000 UTCWelcome to Seattle! So looking forward to the Private Show and the Extravaganza!
Wayne Heller
2020-02-15 06:33:15 +0000 UTCI'll be there with my dad, wife, and daughter. I have a signed book, but maybe you can sign it again!
Douglas Werr
2020-02-15 06:05:27 +0000 UTCI will be there! Bringing my book and a friend who has never listened to the podcast before too!
Diana L Davis
2020-02-15 05:46:17 +0000 UTCMy spouse and I will be there, book in hand.
Chuck K
2020-02-15 05:39:31 +0000 UTCNoooooooo I loaned my book to a freind :-((
Carlene Goodbody
2020-02-15 05:32:16 +0000 UTCLooking forward to it!
Adam Paetznick
2020-02-15 05:19:44 +0000 UTCWife and I can't wait!!! Will be sure to bring my book!
Logan Callen
2020-02-15 05:18:18 +0000 UTC
