Last week, the Economist.com editors called GENI, and invited me to particpate in their on-line Oxford style debate series, from August 19-29.  The question posed -- can we solve the energy crisis using exisiting technology or do we need breakthroughs?  The bottom line is we need both.

 Please join in, add your comments, and vote!  http://www.economist.com/debate

This has been a great opportunity to inform a very respected audience to the strategy of linking renewable energy resources around the world. 

Yesterday I was on the phone with Guru (David) Steven a Positive Deviant Network member.  We were talking about the future and Bucky’ concepts of Ephemeralization” (doing more and more with less and less) and Bucky’s concept of “Emergence through  Emergency.”

When I got home, I turned on the computer and read this article.  Just thought I would share it with you.  Bucky gave me a faith in “there is something mysterious going on”. 

I believe Bucky will be eventually viewed as one of the greatest minds to ever live.  With that in mind I would love to have you join me at the Whitney Museum at 945 Madison Avenue (At 75^th) Street, New York NY 10021  (212) 570-3600 at the main entrance at 10:00 AM on Saturday August 16^th.   http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2008-07-11-voa35.cfm

 I doubt that there will ever be an exhibit of Bucky’s artifacts like this again in my lifetime.  The artifacts, however, are like attempting to view describe an orange by looking at it from the outside and never having tasted one.  Hopefully, we will be able to look at these artifacts (the outside) and I will do my best to describe the “taste” of Bucky’s thinking.

 If you can make it, I would love to share this experience with you.  Please let me know if you can make it by responding to the Evite (Click here to view and respond to the invitation. If you don’t already have an Evite account, you will need to register when you get there.)

 
Love,

Marshall