Tired & busy with Superstruct. But check these out:

• We're Doomed! DOOOOOMED! Hey, want to see six seven (see comments) middle-aged white guys talk about the end of the world? You're in luck!

GLOBAL CATASTROPHIC RISKS:
Building A Resilient Civilization

A day-long seminar on threats to the future of humanity, natural and man-made, and the pro-active steps we can take to reduce these risks and build a more resilient civilization. [...]

SEMINAR FACULTY

Nick Bostrom Ph.D., Director, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University

Jamais Cascio, research affiliate, Institute for the Future

James J. Hughes Ph.D., Exec. Director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Mike Treder, Executive Director, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology

Eliezer Yudkowsky, Research Associate. Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence

William Potter Ph.D., Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

I was tempted to use "just some guy" as my title, but thought it too ostentatious.

It's not free -- $100 before November 1, $150 afterwards -- but just how often do you get to talk about the end of all things and have people nod and say "hmmmmm" at your insights?

• Needed: Chickpea Rights Management: Israel and Lebanon are in a war of words over who "owns" hummus and felafel as indigenous foods, Foreign Policy reports. Lebanon's claim that it owns the copyright to the two dishes is based on a 2005 European Court of Justice decision to give Greece a monopoly over feta cheese. Seriously.

• This Means You: Stop Global Warming is a new blog authored by my friend and former WorldChanger Emily Gertz. It's intended as a source for global warming and climate news, and isn't afraid to get into the politics of the situation.

• A Network, not an Extension: My friend and colleague Stowe Boyd offers a provocative post on his /Message blog today -- The Now Web: Not Now, Or Not Yet?. Here's a sampling:

Time would be the reason most of us would cite for our online invisibility. But I think that there's something more.

For lack of a better phrase, I'll call it the "alienation" of social media. To integrate social media into your daily life you need to project yourself into it. You need to be able to live in a kind of time that's very different from the time of the everyday. You need to be able to pay attention without bankrupting your focus and concentration, need to be able to sustain high levels of availability to a world that's neither "here" nor "there," again, without dissociating from the here and now.

Lots to ponder.

• Bruuuuuuce: Nebula Awards site interviews Bruce Sterling. Bruce is always worth checking out.

Electronic vs Print publishing - any thoughts on the matter?

You should talk to my colleagues in newspapers. If you can find any newspapers left.

Maybe those guys should be talking about catastrophic risks.