"Why Civilization Is Older Than We Thought" With Samo Burja
Join PALLADIUM Magazine in San Francisco to hear a lecture by Samo Burja, author of "Why Civilization is Older Than We Thought." The article was featured in our most recent print edition PALLADIUM 19: Long History.
New discoveries are adding untold millennia to our past. They also reveal our ancestors weren’t always nomadic. Permanent towns and villages sustained by abundant and sometimes gardened forests, as well as fishing. Our ancestors lived this way for tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of years.
To our surprise, it turns out that Homo sapiens are, by nature, builders of complex societies and civilizations, rather than "noble savages" imagined by Locke, Marx, and twentieth-century anthropologists. This talk will set outdated and flawed narratives right, and with them not just all our assumptions of humanity's past, but humanity’s future too.
Samo Burja is the Editor-in-Chief of Palladium Magazine. He is the President and founder of Bismarck Analysis, a research firm that investigates the institutional landscape of society and provides strategic consulting services to industry leaders, philanthropists, and governments. You can follow him at @SamoBurja.
Dress code: Formal. Jackets required for men. Equivalent for women.
Arrive at 7:00 pm. Lecture begins at 7:30 pm. Doors lock at 8:00 pm.
This is a ticketed event, those without tickets or violation of the dress code will be turned away.
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This event is hosted with the Avalon Institute which supports enduring intellectual and cultural work through technical and media support, publications, and a network of Avalon fellows. You can follow them at @AvalonInst.