# The Longevity of Human Civilization (4 of 4)

Will the longevity of human civilization on Earth be imperiled, or enhanced, by our world-changing technologies? Scientists, humanists, journalists and science-fiction authors convened to answer this question in a daylong symposium. The final panel invited all speakers to the stage to engage with the audience in discussion. Speakers included David Grinspoon, Odile Madden, Rick Potts, Seth Shostak, Ken Caldeira, Steven Dick, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ursula Heise, David Biello and Jacob Haqq-Misra.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2013
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: Science
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689209/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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