N.B. Bill McKibben as asked that participants in this seminar session prepare for thie discussion by reading beforehand the article entitled: "Why the future doesn't need us," by Bill Joy, from Wired Magazine, April 2000. [Joy argues in this article that our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species.]
Some of Bill McKibben's Books:
Other Sources of Interest:
- A Special Moment in History by Bill McKibben, The Atlantic Monthly, May, 1998.
- "Checking in with Bill McKibben", by Jay Walljasper Conscious Choice: The Journal of Ecology and Natural Living July 1999.
- Interview with Bill McKibben - Anne On Line , concerning the Hundred Dollar Holiday.
- Ben Wattenberg Reviews Bill McKibben's "Maybe One."
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