Worried about the future? A mosquito could help you to live in the present
What can a mosquito teach us about time? Noone likes a mosquito bite — but for a brief moment when it stings you, you know you are alive. Humans are temporal beings, but across cultures, our concepts of time are vastly different. This event explores what we can learn from science, philosophy and Indigenous perspectives that can alter experiences of and attitudes to time, to make better decisions for the future. This event was recorded at the Sophia Club in London on 17 October 2024. Speakers Richard Fisher Author, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time Senior editor, Aeon Media Ande Somby Yoik singer Associate Professor of Law, The Arctic University of Norway Brigid Hains (host) Editorial director, Aeon Media
Big Ideas · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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What can a mosquito teach us about time? Noone likes a mosquito bite — but for a brief moment when it stings you, you know you are alive. Humans are temporal beings, but across cultures, our concepts of time are vastly different. This event explores what we can learn from science, philosophy and Indigenous perspectives that can alter experiences of and attitudes to time, to make better decisions for the future.
This event was recorded at the Sophia Club in London on 17 October 2024.
Speakers
Richard FisherAuthor, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees TimeSenior editor, Aeon Media
Ande SombyYoik singerAssociate Professor of Law, The Arctic University of Norway
Brigid Hains (host)Editorial director, Aeon Media