SALT Summaries, Condensed Ideas About Long-term Thinking [Kindle Edition]

Stewart Brand (Author), Brian Eno (Foreword)

Book Description

Condensed ideas about long-term thinking summarized by Stewart Brand
(with Kevin Kelly, Alexander Rose and Paul Saffo) and a forward by Brian Eno. These are summaries of talks by Jared Diamond, Craig Venter, Bruce Sterling, Jill Tarter, Martin Rees, Clay Shirky, Niall Ferguson, Jimmy Wales, Mary Catherine Bateson, Paul Hawken, Vernor Vinge, Ray Kurzweil, Sam Harris, Will Wright, Orville Schell, Nassim Taleb, Michael Pollan, Wade Davis, Lera Boroditsky, David Eagleman, Richard Rhodes, Paul Romer, Matt Ridley and more...

[SALT stands for Seminars About Long-term Thinking. The SALT talks are a monthly speaking series organized in San Francisco by The Long Now Foundation.]

Product Details

• File Size: 1195 KB
• Print Length: 336 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Long Now Press; 3.0 edition (August 18, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005I57M4O
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #184,820 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Its like putting the brain on steroid September 12, 2011

By Waiyip Tung

I have no idea the summaries of monthly talk can be turned into an ebook. Since I have already read every one of them in email over the years, I have no plan to purchase this again.

In case you have not heard of SALT, it is a monthly series open to the public hosting many of the best thinkers to expound on a wide range of topics with great consequences. Topics include science and discoveries, culture and anthropology, or new theories on politics and economics. Each one of the talk is thought provoking. After a day or two, Steward sent out an email summary to benefit those who did not attend. It maybe strange to say this, but the text is so poignant that it is almost as good as being there, except it only takes two minutes to read.

Now several years of seminar summaries are being bound into one ebook. In two to three hours, you can fast forward over all these great questions and great ideas in one shot. I imagine it will create so much stimulation as if you put the brain on steroid.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars loved it... July 13, 2012

By MĂłnica

loved it... sets your brain in a decision making process that assures long lasting right choices every moment. it connets you with humanity beyoung your short existance.

5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent digest May 28, 2013

By Tom Baker

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