Author: Adil Najam

Making the Great Transformation | A Pardee Center Conference

in 2003, Events

The conference discussants and participants analyze why transitions happen, and why they matter. Transitions are those wide-ranging changes in human organization and well being that can be convincingly attributed to a concerted set of choices that make the world that was significantly and recognizably different from the world that becomes.

The Future of Human Nature | A Pardee Center Conference

in 2003, Events

The conference focused on scientific and technological advances in genetics, computer science and their convergence during the next 50-250 years. The participants were especially interested in directed evolution, the futures it allows, the shape of society in those futures, and the robustness of human nature against technological change at the level of individuals, groups and societies.