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Damer-McKenna: Bruce, Terence, and Virtual Worlds
ConversationLive EventPsychedelic Salon/ Salon #231Bruce DamerSpeakerTerence McKennaSpeaker#language#technology#nasa
Originally aired as Salon #231 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. A recording of one of the last conversations Bruce Damer and Terence McKenna had at Terence's house, exploring virtual worlds and the future of consciousness.
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Permitting Smart People To Hope
ConversationPodcastPsychedelic Salon/ Salon #412Lorenzo HagertyHostTerence McKennaSpeaker#consciousness#shamanism#lorenzo
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Eternal Light Peace Memorial — 50th Rededication
SpeechLive EventGettysburg Peace Celebration / National Park Service/ 125th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg / 50th rededication of the Memorial3 July 1988Gettysburg, PA — Gettysburg National Military ParkCarl SaganSpeakerAnn DruyanAuthor#japan#unitedstates#peace
Speech at the 50th rededication of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial, on the escalation of weaponry from Gettysburg to nuclear arsenals and the case for reconciliation.
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UIUC Commencement Address
SpeechLive EventUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CommencementMay 1990Urbana-Champaign, IL — University of IllinoisCarl SaganSpeaker#science#environment#democracy
Sagan's commencement speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on planetary science, scientific literacy, ozone depletion, and nuclear proliferation.
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Comets and the Origin of Life
LectureLive EventIMSA / James R. Thompson Leadership Lectures/ Inaugural James R. Thompson Leadership Lecture2 October 1991Aurora, IL — Illinois Mathematics and Science AcademyCarl SaganSpeaker#evolution#education#darwin
The inaugural Thompson Leadership Lecture at IMSA — Sagan on comets and the origin of life, calling the academy 'a gift from the people of Illinois to the human future.'
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