permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:04 PM, <woodsjaya@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have over 10,000 electronic books. Would you supply your list for
> comparison.
>
>
Correspond with Stewart Brand and The Lon Now Foundation abou tthis. Follow
the links provided below.

LL the ecoponderous


> On Thursday, October 09, 2014 01:21:16 PM Lawrence London wrote:
> > News Challenge - How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build
> > more knowledgeable communities? - The Manual for Civilization at The
> > Interval: A crowd-curated library of the 3500 books you would most want
> to
> > sustain or rebuild civilization, accessible in a community gathering
> space
> > focused on long-term thinking.
> >
> https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/libraries/submissions/the-manual-for
> >
> -civilization-at-the-interval-a-crowd-curated-library-of-the-3500-books-you-
> >
> would-most-want-to-sustain-or-rebuild-civilization-accessible-in-a-community
> > -gathering-space-focused-on-long-term-thinking The Manual for
> Civilization
> > at The Interval: A crowd-curated library of the 3500 books you would most
> > want to sustain or rebuild civilization, accessible in a community
> > gathering space focused on long-term thinking. The Manual for
> Civilization
> > is a crowd-curated library at The Interval: The Long Now Foundation’s
> bar,
> > cafe and event space focused on long-term thinking. We hope to complete
> our
> > collection of books and further engage our community through live events
> > and online collaboration. The community and invited experts will
> recommend
> > books, and vote on which to include in the library. The collection will
> be
> > digitized for online access by our partner The Internet Archive, and the
> > physical collection can be browsed using the ‘chaos locator’: a system
> that
> > allows books to be found wherever they are shelved. Once full, the
> library
> > will continue to evolve: we will hold regular events where people can
> > nominate a book for inclusion or removal.
> >
> > In one sentence, describe your idea as simply as possible.
> >
> > The Manual for Civilization: A crowd-curated and community-driven library
> > of the books you would most want to rebuild or sustain civilization.
> >
> > Briefly describe the need that you’re trying to address.
> >
> > Libraries are too static for our social and connected world, so we’re
> > building one that will be a living and breathing part of the community.
> > With a local audience here in the Silicon Valley Bay Area and a worldwide
> > audience online, The Manual for Civilization at The Interval has already
> > captured the public’s attention through pieces in Wired and even an XKCD
> > comic. Now we hope complete the collection, and institute a vibrant
> social
> > program around it to bring our library alive.
> >
> > What progress have you made so far?
> >
> > So far we have completed and opened the library’s physical space. We’ve
> > also collected about 30% of the books through submissions by our nearly
> > 6000 members and a group of experts that includes Brian Eno, Stewart
> Brand,
> > Violet Blue, Kevin Kelly, Maria Popova, Danny Hillis, George Dyson, Neal
> > Stephenson, David Brin, and Megan and Rick Prelinger. We have begun a
> > series of weekly talks and book events in the space that have universally
> > sold out, and the collection so far is used daily by our thousands of
> > weekly patrons.
> >
> > What would be a successful outcome for your project?
> >
> > It is our hope that The Manual For Civilization becomes a meme and
> > touchstone for conversations around how to responsibly run a
> civilization.
> > We feel that we can acquire the 2000 remaining books, have them scanned,
> > and build the ‘chaos locator’ browsing system within a year of funding.
> > During this year we will continue to have speaking engagements and book
> > events that drive the process and engage the community.
> >
> > Please list your team members and their relevant experiences/skills.
> >
> > Alexander Rose - Executive Director of The Long Now Foundation and
> > originator of The Manual for Civilization Kurt Bollacker - Data and
> > Cataloging Director. Past experience at The Internet Archive and
> Freebase,
> > wrangling massive data collections Brewster Kahle and The Internet
> Archive
> > - Scanning and digital archiving partner Catherine Borgeson - Collections
> > Associate Over 30 subject and field experts Nearly 6000 Long Now members
> > and the greater public
> >
> > Location
> > San Francisco, CA, United States of America
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Lawrence F. London
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