In this week’s eSkeptic:
Lecture this Sunday: Dr. Peter Diamandis

Abundance: Why the Future Will Be Much Better Than You Think
with Dr. Peter Diamandis
Baxter Lecture Hall
This lecture will take place on
Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 2 pm.
SINCE THE DAWN OF HUMANITY, a privileged few have lived in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing—fast. According to the X-Prize creator and entrepreneur Peter H. Diamandis, we will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man, woman and child on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp through four forces: exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billion. Diamandis establishes hard targets for change and lays out a strategic roadmap for governments, industry and entrepreneurs, giving us plenty of reason for optimism.
Tickets are first come, first served at the door. Seating is limited. $8 for Skeptics Society members and the JPL/Caltech community, $10 for nonmembers. Your admission fee is a donation that pays for our lecture expenses.
Followed by…
- The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the
Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care
with Dr. Eric Topol
Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 2 pm