The Future of Money - Online Forum
Published Wednesday, June 20, 2007 by Dan Gainsford | E-mail this post 
This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately, a world without money. A close friend sent this along to me, if you're an online junky and have the time it's worth checking out.
peace,
d
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Friday, June 22nd3 PM - 6.30 PMWorldchat 7080 / Intercultural DialogueThe Future of MoneyGeneration 7080 (De Balie, Amsterdam) organises an ongoing interculturaldialogue and connects the cultural elite through simultaneous digitaland live debates. Together with Platform 21 and Wyspa Art Centre(Poland) the theme The Future of Money will be discussed. With a view toa forthcoming collaboration with Ottawa, we look forward to welcomingmany of you at this Friday's session. Simply log in and join thediscussion.Money has ruled our lives for centuries and its reign is not in decline.Or is it? Will money continue to dominate our dreams and careers in thefuture or can we imagine a world without it? Would that world be a moreloving, caring, peaceful place or would it end in a war of all againstall and throw us all back to the Stone Age?Join the online and live discussion! Listen to experts and artists fromaround the world, and share your thoughts with them and us. Platform 21:Anthony White (artist), Douglas Grobbe (director of ABN-AMRO) , BernardLietaer (designer of the euro currency) , Karim Benammar (philosopher),Henk van Arkel (of Social Trade Organisation), Mukoma Ngugi (Poet) ,Doug Henwood (journalist) , live music by DJ Sjam. Wyspa: Performanceby Hiwa K. Performance by Honorata Martin, Initial presentation of thebook "Alternative Economies Alternative Societies" by Oliver Ressler ,music with visualisation by Bartosz H_12 Hervy.To join the chat session from elsewhere, email worldchat@balie.nl.Log in at www.debalie.nl/chat to join in.For more information see www.worldchat7080.com.