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Me at Hay this year:


Do come along to Hay-on-Wye to their philosophy and music festival 'Where the light gets in' (http://howthelightgetsin.org/ ), this May/June. I'm on the programme in the following 3 events. The 2nd event will hopefully be fairly explosive; and I am delighted to have Nassim T. responding to me (though I suspect it will end up more of a double-act), in the 3rd:
Event [360]
Saturday 1 June 2013
9:00am
Venue: Pavilion

Philosophy Session

Philosophy Breakfast

Rupert Read.
'Get a shot of inspiration with your espresso. Today's Breakfast is led by philosopher and Green politician Rupert Read, offering stimulation for those keen to get the most of the day ahead.' Price includes breakfast.
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Event 379
Saturday 1 June 2013
2:30pm
Venue: International

Philosophy Session

In the Beginning was Nature

Alistair McIntosh, Benny Peiser, Rupert Read. Razia Iqbal chairs.
'All of our political parties are [allegedly] pro-environment now, on the grounds that being green is in everybody's interest. But should we rather see our attachment to nature as a spiritual response to our place in the universe, or would this risk a return to heathen superstition?

Green politician and philosopher Rupert Read, ecological activist Alistair McIntosh, and director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation Benny Peiser explore our relationship to Nature.'

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Event [425]
Sunday 2 June 2013
11:00am
Venue: Ring

Philosophy Session

How Do You Solve a Problem like Uncertainty?

'Rupert Read, Nassim Taleb. James Garvey chairs.
Philosopher Rupert Read presents the case for a new paradigm of risk management with a response from Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb.'

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