Last Night’s Panel
Filed under Events • 27-03-2009 •
The Cafe of Ideas event in Bath went well last night. There was live acoustic music from alt-folk duo 7 Days of Sleep; a couple of extremely interesting art installations from techno artist Kathy Hinde; and a panel discussion built around the event’s theme: how will emerging technologies impact our lives in the coming century?
The panel was hosted by Pete Francomb (centre) and the panellists were: myself (second from right); the aforementioned Kathy Hinde (far right); visual artist and “Futures Visualist” Molly van der Weiij (second from left); and former businessman Clive de Carle (far left). There were some interesting questions from the audience, and the topics discussed included:
- Using social networks to clean up forests in Estonia
- Space elevators
- Using “Smart Dust” to create new forms of art
- Singularities in human history, such as the development of agriculture, healthcare, and the Internet
- What Britain will look like in 50 years time
