Floating Upstream: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand

201 Franklin Street,San Francisco CA 94102

22 March, 2022

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An illuminating evening with journalist John Markoff in conversation with Long Now's Stewart Brand and Alexander Rose. Attend the Long Now Talks in-person or via our livestream Watch & share these talks on YouTube and Long Now Journalist John Markoff writes about technology, society and the key figures who shaped Silicon Valley and the personal computer revolution. Along the way, his stories and reporting intersected with Stewart Brand's paths numerous times and in surprising ways. And now Markoff has distilled Brand's formative rise from the Merry Pranksters and the Whole Earth Catalog, to the marriage of environmental consciousness and hacker capitalism into his newest book, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand. The book will be available to purchase at the in-person talk, and sales will benefit BookShop West Portal. SFJAZZ COVID Policy for Attending In-person Talk: Full COVID vaccination required for all attendees age 5 and over. No unvaccinated children or infants allowed in SFJAZZ.Proof of vaccination checked at door via QR code, physical vaccine card (or photograph of it), plus name match to valid photo ID. All attendees must wear masks inside at all times.Cooperation & compliance with these policies are required of all ticket holders, staff and volunteers. Thank you so much! John Markoff writes for the New York Times, has covered Silicon Valley since 1977, wrote the first account of the World Wide Web in 1993, and broke the story of Google’s self driving car in 2010. He is the author of What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry and Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots, amongst others. His new biography of Stewart Brand is Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand, which will be released on March 22, 02022. Long Now Talks explore compelling ideas on long-term thinking from speakers around the world. Long Now members hear about our upcoming speakers first & can reserve 2 free tickets to the in-person talks. Become a member to support the series and help share the ideas around long-term thinking widely. You can watch the videos, subscribe to our podcasts, and read about our ideas, interviews, projects, stories and musings spanning the deep past into the far future.