Category: Video+discussion

SpaceX and Elon Musk (videos and audience discussion)

Alex Havasy, discussion facilitator

11 a.m., May 2, 2021

At this Sunday Forum, Alex Havasy will show four YouTube videos that sum up the plans to colonize Mars and the moon, perhaps in our lifetime, and will facilitate a discussion of these videos.

The ambition of Elon Musk and the phenomenal accomplishments of SpaceX define the present era. Let’s take a closer look at what has been done and what is planned to allow humans to colonize outer space.

The videos are:

What’s Inside The SpaceX Starship?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKy2Z2BnyU8
length = 8:28 minutes, made March 2021

Inside SpaceX’s Moon Lander: The Lunar Starship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u9XcrebLTQ
length = 8:28 minutes, made March 2021

What Will SpaceX Do When They Get To Mars?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0B8FzRdOwU
length = 8:00 minutes, made November 2020

Elon Musks’s Plan To Colonize Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6nUVp9mQDs
length = 10:02 minutes, made march 2020

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Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

www.facebook.com/humanistcommsv/live

Note the new website above for streaming the Forum.

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314247393?pwd=d285R2VxWWdNcmk4NHdPaVNpWjc4dz09

(Note: this is a different link than has been posted here previously.)

If you don’t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting.

You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

as the meeting number, and

255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

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Videos and Discussion – How to Fix a Democracy

Facilitated by Alex Havasy

11 a.m., April 4, 2021

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum, Alex Havasy will host as we watch and discuss 4 short videos on ways to make a government more democratic. After the videos, we’ll discuss what you believe would improve democracy and what you think might make it worse.

The videos are: The Rule that Broke American Politics, a 6 minute YouTube video on the history of the filibuster; An Election System that Puts Voters (Not Politicians) First, a 10:19 minute TED Talk by Amber McReynolds on voting in the U.S.; 3 Ways to Upgrade Democracy for the 21st Century, a 14 minute TED talk by Max Rashbrooke about novel governing precedures that have empowered citizens; and What If We Replaced Politicians with Randomly Selected People?, a 19:20 minute TED Talk by Bret Hannig.

You can view the videos at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt4jHLteXag

https://www.ted.com/talks/amber_mcreynolds_an_election_system_that_puts_voters_not_politicians_first

https://www.ted.com/talks/max_rashbrooke_3_ways_to_upgrade_democracy_for_the_21st_century#t-14130

and

https://www.ted.com/talks/brett_hennig_what_if_we_replaced_politicians_with_randomly_selected_people#t-238746

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Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314247393?pwd=d285R2VxWWdNcmk4NHdPaVNpWjc4dz09

(Note: this is a different link than has been posted here previously.)

If you don’t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting.

You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

as the meeting number, and

255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

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HR 1 – the “For the People Act” (video and discussion)

Hosted by Alex Havasy and Carl Angotti

11 a.m., March 21, 2021

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum, a video about HR 1 – the “For the People Act” will be shown, and then discussed by audience members.

The video shows Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) discussing HR 1, the “For the People Act”, which will implement voting reform for all national elections. The bill is designed to prevent voter suppression, and simplify voting and registering to vote. His discussion constitutes most of the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jW3QZWUVTM.

After watching the video, Alex Havasy and Carl Angotti will open discussion on details of the bill, the difficulties in passing it, and what concerns we may have about it.

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Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314247393?pwd=d285R2VxWWdNcmk4NHdPaVNpWjc4dz09

(Note: this is a different link than has been posted here previously.)

If you don’t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting.

You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

as the meeting number, and

255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

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A Video, and then Audience Discussion, of “Love and Humanism”

A discussion facilitator

11 a.m., February 14, 2021

This Sunday’s Humanist Forum will consist of a video, and then an audience discussion on the topic of “Love and Humanism”.

For Valentine’s Day we will discuss love. From the one-on-one commitment, to family, to society and morality, it’s a major influence in all we do. To start the subject, we’ll watch a TED talk; “A love letter in a Time of Grief.” You can preview it at:

https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_pollock_and_simone_george_a_love_letter_to_realism_in_a_time_of_grief.

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Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314247393?pwd=d285R2VxWWdNcmk4NHdPaVNpWjc4dz09

(Note: this is a different link than has been posted here previously.)

If you don’t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting.

You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

as the meeting number, and

255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

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Video and Discussion – The Second Impeachment of Donald Trump

Alex Havasy will introduce the topic

11 a.m., February 7, 2021

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum, the topic will be “The Second Impeachment of Donald Trump”.

This will be a discussion among attendees about the upcoming impeachment trial, it’s significance, and how it differs from the previous trial.

We will first watch a Forum presented to the Humanist Community a year ago by Leland Chan, an Adjunct Professor of Law at Golden Gate University School of Law. You can see the Forum, “Impeaching a President”, at http://www.humanists.org/blog/2020-02-09/.

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Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314247393?pwd=d285R2VxWWdNcmk4NHdPaVNpWjc4dz09

(Note: this is a different link than has been posted here previously.)

If you don’t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting.

You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

as the meeting number, and

255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

———-

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