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DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/492089/ ] The Long Now Foundation's monthly series Seminars About Long-term Thinking
      http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/
      
      Iqbal Quadir presents
      Technology Empowers the Poorest
      
      Iqbal Quadir is an advocate of business as a humanitarian tool\; his overriding principle is "connectivity is productivity."  In partnership with microcredit pioneer Grameenbank\, he brought the first commercial telecom services\, Grameenphone\, to millions of Bangladeshi living in rural areas.  He is currently the founding Director of the Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship at MIT\, which studies ways for people to adopt technology in empowering and democratizing ways.  His latest projects are focused on solutions for bringing electrical power and potable water to rural areas.
      
      The Seminars About Long-term Thinking were started in 02003 to build a coherent\, compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking\, to help nudge civilization toward Long Now's goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.
      
      The Seminars are hosted by Stewart Brand.
      www.longnow.org
      
      Wednesday\, May 21st\, 02008
      
      Doors open 7:00pm\, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours
      Located at The Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center
      http://www.fortmason.org/directions/index.shtml
      
      $10 suggested donation
      
      We recommend you arrive early\; priority seating is available for Members of Long Now.
      https://secure.longnow.org/members/
      
      There will be a reception at the Long Now Museum & Store following the Seminar.
      http://www.longnow.org/contact/
      
      For more information contact:
      Danielle Engelman
      Community Development Director
      danielle@longnow.org
      415.561.6582 x1
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