Four visionaries—Kevin Kelly, Peter Schwartz, Ari Wallach, and Tyler Cowen—share their insights on the future, urging viewers to consider the impact of their actions on future generations.

Four visionaries—Kevin Kelly, Peter Schwartz, Ari Wallach, and Tyler Cowen—share their insights on the future, urging viewers to consider the impact of their actions on future generations. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, A guide to surviving humanity’s tipping point ► https://youtu.be/teNE748O-vw?si=WlxD159us0dlLUap Explore the future with visionaries Kevin Kelly, Peter Schwartz, Ari Wallach, and Tyler Cowen. While each is looking into the future through a different lens, they all share a belief in the power of optimism and proactive engagement as essential tools for overcoming today's challenges. Wallach introduces "Longpath," urging long-term thinking, while Kelly advocates for "Protopia," emphasizing gradual progress. Schwartz highlights scenario planning's importance, emphasizing curiosity and collaboration. Cowen reflects on America's progress and calls for urgency. Together, they stress empathy, transgenerational thinking, and diverse futures to collectively build a better tomorrow. The message: the future is a continuous creation requiring proactive, collective action. Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/the-big-think-interview/progress/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► About Kevin Kelly: Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at WIRED magazine. He co-founded WIRED in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. His newest book is The Inevitable, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He is founder of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools daily for 20 years. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a subscriber-supported journal of unorthodox conceptual news. He co-founded the ongoing Hackers’ Conference, and was involved with the launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985. ► About Peter Schwartz: Peter Schwartz is an internationally renowned futurist and business strategist, specializing in scenario planning and working with corporations, governments, and institutions to create alternative perspectives of the future and develop robust strategies for a changing and uncertain world. As Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning for Salesforce, he manages the organization’s ongoing strategic conversation. Peter was co-founder and chairman of Global Business Network. He is the author of several works. His first book, The Art of the Long View, is considered a seminal publication on scenario planning. Peter has also served as a script consultant on the films "The Minority Report," "Deep Impact," "Sneakers," and "War Games." He received a B.S. in aeronautical engineering and astronautics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. ► About Ari Wallach: Ari Wallach is an applied futurist and Executive Director of Longpath Labs. He is the author of Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs by HarperCollins and the creator and host of the forthcoming series on PBS A Brief History of the Future, which is being executive produced by Kathryn Murdoch and Drake. He has been a strategy and foresight advisor to Fortune 100 companies, the US Department of State, the Ford Foundation, the UN Refugee Agency, the RacialEquity 2030 Challenge and Politico’s Long Game Forum. As adjunct associate professor at Columbia University he lectured on innovation, AI, and the future of public policy. Wallach's TED talk on Longpath has been viewed 2.6 million times and translated into 21 languages. Ari was the co-creator of 2008's pro-Obama The Great Schlep with Sarah Silverman. ► About Tyler Cowen: Tyler is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and serves as chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is co-author of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and co-founder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University. He graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's degree in economics and earned a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He also runs a podcast series called Conversations with Tyler. His latest book Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives and Winners Around the World is co-authored with venture capitalist Daniel Gross.

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Native activist Tom Goldtooth and peace advocate Kathy Kelly received the Gandhi Peace Award before a rapt audience at the United Church on the Green in New Haven last Friday (October 30). The

Native activist Tom Goldtooth and peace advocate Kathy Kelly received the Gandhi Peace Award before a rapt audience at the United Church on the Green in New Haven last Friday (October 30). The prestigious award has been bestowed annually on select recipients for their outstanding contributions to world peace since 1960 by the national organization Promoting Enduring Peace. Past recipients include such luminaries as Eleanor Roosevelt, Dorothy Day, Caesar Chavez and most recently to Bill McKibben and Medea Benjamin.

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One of the virtues of carbon pricing is that it will spur technological innovation. What kind of innovation? For a glimpse of that potential, we turn this month to Allie Kelly, Executive Director of

One of the virtues of carbon pricing is that it will spur technological innovation. What kind of innovation? For a glimpse of that potential, we turn this month to Allie Kelly, Executive Director of The Ray, a nonprofit that is reimagining our roadways to be greener and safer. The Ray is working on a living highway test bed to develop ways to capture solar energy, charge electric vehicles and provide a drive-through tire safety station. Allie has over 15 years of experience working in public policy, including founding Georgia Watch in Atlanta, Georgia’s only consumer watchdog organization. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Welcome (2:27) Allie's Presentation (21:45) Q&A Discussion (30:59) July Updates & Actions The Ray: https://www.TheRay.org Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/LinkedIn: @TheRayHighway Email: contactus@theray.org CCL's July Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet July Pre Call Video: https://vimeo.com/573156478 Conservative Climate Caucus https://curtis.house.gov/conservative-climate-caucus/ Americans for Action on Climate Fund website: https://afaocf.org  Carbon Pricing Ad: Let's Get Back to Work America: https://youtu.be/STSb8eo7lHA Fareed Zakaria's GPS Segment: https://twitter.com/FareedZakaria/status/1406686510259314690

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San Jose is on the road to carbon-free electricity by 2021 and 100% renewables by 2050. Watch Power Specialist Kelly Morris discuss bringing the benefits of clean energy to San Jose with help from

San Jose is on the road to carbon-free electricity by 2021 and 100% renewables by 2050. Watch Power Specialist Kelly Morris discuss bringing the benefits of clean energy to San Jose with help from the Renewables Accelerator.

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As we recklessly warm the planet by pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, some industrial emissions also produce particles that reflect sunshine back into space, putting a check on global

As we recklessly warm the planet by pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, some industrial emissions also produce particles that reflect sunshine back into space, putting a check on global warming that we're only starting to understand. Climate activist Kelly Wanser asks: Can we engineer ways to harness this effect and further reduce warming? Learn more about the promises and risks of "cloud brightening" -- and how it could help restore our climate to health. Get TED Talks recommended just for you! Learn more at https://www.ted.com/signup. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You're welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request here: https://media-requests.ted.com/ Follow TED on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/TED

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How can Bozeman achieve quick wins as it prepares to update its climate action plan and reconsider its emissions reduction target? Sustainability Director Natalie Meyer talks about how the Renewables

How can Bozeman achieve quick wins as it prepares to update its climate action plan and reconsider its emissions reduction target? Sustainability Director Natalie Meyer talks about how the Renewables Accelerator can help. Learn more at https://cityrenewables.org/ Join the conversation on social media at #CityRenewables

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Reconciling Ways of Knowing Dialogue 2: Enacting Ethical Space in Knowledge Sharing This dialogue originally aired Wednesday, August 26 at 10:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Central / 2:00 pm

Reconciling Ways of Knowing Dialogue 2: Enacting Ethical Space in Knowledge Sharing This dialogue originally aired Wednesday, August 26 at 10:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Central / 2:00 pm Atlantic. Building upon the first conversation on Indigenous knowledge and science, this second dialogue focused on Indigenous Ethics in relationship to Indigenous knowledges. The dialogue brought together Indigenous knowledge holders, scholars, practitioners and scientists, Danika Littlechild, Elder Dr. Dave Courchene Jr., Elder Ira Provost, Elder Elmer Ghostkeeper, Indigenous scholar Dr. Vicki Kelly, Dr. Kelly Bannister, Dr. Gleb Raygorodetsky and Karin Smith-Fargey. More info at https://www.waysofknowingforum.ca/discussion2 and www.turtlelodge.org.

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This talk will introduce you to the fascinating geology and history of Sunset Crater, the youngest and best-preserved volcano in Arizona! Sunset Crater erupted only 940 years ago, creating a cinder

This talk will introduce you to the fascinating geology and history of Sunset Crater, the youngest and best-preserved volcano in Arizona! Sunset Crater erupted only 940 years ago, creating a cinder or scoria cone, and it is one of over 600 short-lived volcanoes in northern Arizona’s San Francisco volcanic field. Its eruption had very significant impacts, both positive and negative, on the northern Sinagua Indigenous people living in its vicinity. Geologist Dr. Jeffrey Meyer will share the story of this eruption and detail his recent work mapping the Bonito lava flow, which came out of the cone’s western base and traveled to the west against an uphill slope. It is unique among lava flows in having traveled uphill, and, as such, can serve as an end-member example of processes that occur in flows on flat terrain. Understanding these processes can help in hazard prediction on earth and in the interpretation of past flows on earth, the moon and other planets. ✿Website: https://naturalhistoryinstitute.org/ ✿Events: https://naturalhistoryinstitute.org/e... ✿Donate: https://naturalhistoryinstitute.org/d... ✿Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naturalhistoryinstitute/ ✿Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NaturalHistoryInstitute/ For his PhD work, Dr. Jeffrey Meyer studied a 24-million-year-old super volcano – think Yellowstone, the opposite type of volcano to the young Sunset Crater. For 28 years, he was a community college geology instructor, and always kept active through teaching in the field. Upon retirement, Dr. Meyer and his wife, who is also a geologist, moved to Prescott into a home that her parents built. He has continued to teach geology part-time at Prescott College. While camping at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, he noticed and became curious about unusual features of the Bonito flow, a prominent flow from the crater. He located recent Lidar data, and started mapping the flow, first by computer, and later in the field. Dr. Meyer is eager to share his recent research and continue to pursue his love of teaching through this program with the Natural History Institute. This program was made possible by Arizona Humanities and sponsored by Findlay Subaru of Prescott.

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