Levity Salon #10: Remarkable Times (Dr. Bruce Damer and discussants)
Channel: Dr. Bruce Damer
Date: 2021-02-26

Levity Salon #10: Remarkable Times (Dr. Bruce Damer and discussants)

Remarkable Times was the theme for Levity Salon #10, held back on the 15th of December, 2020. Amidst tumultuous times, unforgivable acts in politics and tremendous stresses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, remarkable times and innovations are still happening. Dr. Bruce summarizes his optimism for humanity by reviewing 2020's stand out tech accomplishments including: the Hayabusa-2 asteroid sample return, to Starship SN8's belly-flop, to coming COVID vaccines, and a reorientation of society post-COVID. He also covered exciting developments from his own world, including coverage of our origin of life science in a feature article in Nature, and new implications of the discoveries for several branches of human endeavor. This was followed by a spirited discussion of several of our regulars (and some new people) including a report from a member dialing in from Yap, Micronesia (where exactly is Yap??). Thanks go out to Aaron Thayne for your skillful edits and Shen-Shen Wu for again hosting!