Future Thinkers in a monthly event where we discuss topics related to: Science, Technology, Nature and Sustainability. As you can imagine this is quite open-ended. A wide variety of topics end up being discussed. Topics we have covered in the past include: critical thinking, cryptocurrency & blockchain technology, environmental sustainability, internet freedom, economic inequality, universal basic income & technological unemployment, direct democracy, evolution, how money works, artificial intelligence and more!
No topic need be too sacred. No idea above questioning. The point of this meetup is not only to hang out with like minded people and have fun on a Saturday night 😉 but also to learn something new and to genuinely intellectually explore ideas. This means taking offence isn’t adequate grounds for objecting to an idea. Your ideas and worldview will be challenged. But it is all in the spirit of fun and getting closer to the truth not about being right or wrong.
Each event includes:
Presentations and videos clips on the chosen topic. This is to provide information and to stimulate discussion.
This month’s topic is Veganism. We will be welcoming vegan activist Scott Wallace from the Gold Coast who will be presenting on the environmental impact of animal agriculture and speciesism.
Scott Wallace is a scientist, conservationist and activist with a mission to educate and inspire people to re-think their relationship with nature, advocating for a transformation of culture and the re-alignment of governance to an Earth-Centred approach.
The point of the event is to have a real discourse on the chosen topic through open discussion.
If you’re getting a bit squeamish thinking this event is going to be super serious then relax it’s fun and all people and ideas are welcome. 🙂
If you wish to participate in a riveting discussion about veganism you just want to sit at the back and listen, Future Thinkers in on every 2nd Saturday in the Brisbane Square Library’s Theatrette (Ground Floor) starting at 2:30pm and going late into the evening ending up in a bar or restaurant.
See you there! 🙂
Zachary Alexander – The Zeitgeist Movement Queensland Coordinator