Peter Diamandis "Long-term X-Prizes" September 12, 2008

Prizes are proving themselves as powerful tools to accelerate goal-specific innovation. Diamandis, the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation, has built on the success of the $10 million Ansari X Prize that inaugurated private-sector spaceflight in 2004 with Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne. Currently in play are new prizes for a $10,000 human genome, for a private Moon landing, and for a super-efficient car, with more in the pipeline.

But prize contests so far have focussed on near-term goals---spectacular achievements that can be accomplished in a decade or two. What might be prize-worthy hundred-year goals, or thousand-year goals? What goals might a century of focussed effort transform from the clearly impossible to the merely difficult?

Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours
Located at the Herbst Theater at Civic Center

Priority seating is available for Long Now Members - you can join here for as low as $8 per month!

A $10 donation is very welcome as our Seminars cost thousands to produce each month, but it is certainly not required for attendance. Cash or check accepted at the door, or you can make a donation on our Donation Page. With unticketed lectures, it is advisable to come early for a good seat.

Official Website: http://www.longnow.org