I would add, for you silicon valley/SF residents, that longnow.org puts on monthly lectures (http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://longnow.org/seminars/), some of

I would add, for you silicon valley/SF residents, that longnow.org puts on monthly lectures (http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://longnow.org/seminars/), some of which are very interesting. E.g. the next speaker is Timothy Ferriss.