ABRAHAM Events: Friday 11 November: Martin Puchner on "Do we need stories to avoid catastrophe?"

Published: Mon, 11/07/22

Live from Germany

Do we need stories
to avoid catastrophe climate change
and global warming?

This thought-provoking presentation has even more resonance and importance due this weeks world leaders Climate conference in Egypt

The story begins 5000 years ago with Noah.

Martin Puchner

Professor Harvard University

The chair is John Blaskey
- speaking LIVE from COP27 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Profile Link

Friday 11
November

11.00am GMT
11.00am for 11.15am start

A recording will be available on Friday shortly after the event finishes

Martin with my trusted security detail on recent trip through Kurdistan and Iraq.

The speaker will cover the following points,
Then there will be a Q&A session:

The origins of the urban revolution 5000 years ago

The Story of the Flood: why we still need it

The importance of stories for human motivation

Should we fix ourselves to the great works of literature? (Or: Has Extinction Rebellion gone too far?)

Who will save us – politicians or is it a question for storytellers?

My thoughts and predictions for the future of this global crises

Uruk. The first city in the world – where Epic of Gilgamesh is set

The Bologna Torah Scroll, rediscovered in 2012. The oldest complete Torah scroll.

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