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This content was posted on  27 Jul 13  by   The Long Now Foundation  on  Podcast
Craig Childs – Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth

Our planet gets up to no end of apocalyptic-like tricks over time—periods when it is nearly all ice, all melting ice, all desert, all sea water, all molten lava, and civilizations come and go, sometimes for geological or climate reasons. The planet has samples of all of those conditions that can be visited right now, but no one in their right mind goes there.

Craig Childs goes there. One of the world’s great intrepid travelers and story-tellers, he finds the places on Earth that are most geologically or climatically dangerous and hangs out, observing closely, giving personal as well as scientific perspective. Through him, we experience “a field guide to the everending Earth.”

“Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth” was given on July 29, 02013 as part of Long Now’s Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world’s leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. To follow the talks, you can:

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