Presented from Friendly House, three HGP members share stories of notable events in their lives. Organized by Suzanne Thornton.
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Artists & Writers Response to Nietzsche
04/19/2015
Dave Collamer
Presentation by Dave Collamer. After Darwin's "Origin of Species" in 1859, a later shock for Judeo-Christian beliefs struck in 1882 when philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche declared "God is dead." With a seeming lack of purpose, and unclear morality in the universe, artists, writers, and philosophers attempted to fill the void with alternative purposes and moralities that still draw the interests of humanists today. (HGP does not take responsibility for material presented by our speakers.)
The Oregon Encyclopedia
04/12/2015
Tania Hyatt-Evenson
Tania Hyatt-Evenson speaks about The Oregon Encyclopedia, a free on-line encyclopedia available to anyone with internet access. Ms. Hyatt-Evenson is Outreach Coordinator for The Oregon Encyclopedia. She holds an M.A. from Portland. Her focus is on environmental and public history. (HGP does not take responsibility for material presented by our speakers.)
Critical Thinking in the Martial Arts
04/05/2015
Matt Thornton
Matt Thornton discusses material from his forthcoming book: “Violence is Natural: Myths, Realities & Wisdom of the Martial Arts.” Mr. Thornton is a martial arts athlete and trainer in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing. He is well known for his promotion of the concept of aliveness in training. He has taught seminars on martial arts across the world and he runs his own Academy here in Portland. Matt’s recent emphasis has been addressing superstition as it relates to sports training and martial arts. (HGP does not take responsibility for material presented by our speakers.)
World Community Grid
03/29/2015
Viktors Berstis
Viktors Berstis speaks about WorldCommunityGrid.org, an IBM philanthropic project which makes use of spare processing power from all kinds of computing devices to function collectively as a supercomputer, helping to find cures for diseases, solve environmental problems, along with other philanthropic research. Berstis is a Senior Software Engineer and Master Inventor at IBM. Currently he is the lead scientist for World Community Grid. His degrees are from the University of Michigan, and he holds over 175 U.S. patents. He is also an accomplished pianist, as you will see at the end of this video.