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Spontaneous Combustion: Community Event
Spontaneous Combustion: Community Event
**[BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE](https://www.barcelonaimprovgroup.com/shows)** Welcome to the community event with the freshest improv talent. In the first half, Kaleido Improv: every choice has consequences. Some are just more fun to watch! Kaleido Improv brings to you Coin Flip, an improvised longform storytelling experience where a single question splits the story in two. With the flip of a coin, the narrative leaps into parallel realities, unfolding unscripted and unplanned, as each choice sends the story spinning into the unknown. No script, no safety net, just bold decisions, alternate paths, and the thrill of discovering what could have been. In the second half, join Susan and Dorothy as they walk around the room, using the audience's suggestions as lines in their dialogue. You'll be taken on a freeform journey where you'll meet many different characters, places, and adventures. Is this character half-troll and half-fairy? Or are they just an abstract representation of joy? Susan and Dorothy will find the answers through the magical power of improv. **4:30pm** Doors & Bar Open **5:00pm** Show Starts **Tickets:** Early Bird 8€ *(book by Thursday)* General 10€
 Cryonics: Extending Life Through Technology
Cryonics: Extending Life Through Technology
Join the Barcelona Cryonics Group for an insightful event delving into the world of cryonics and its role in life-extension. Connect with like-minded individuals who share an interest in pushing the boundaries of human longevity and explore the possibilities that cryonics offers in extending our lifespan.
Fintech paper reading. PRAGMA: Revolut Foundation Model
Fintech paper reading. PRAGMA: Revolut Foundation Model
**Scientific Paper Reading Club: What**: PRAGMA: Revolut Foundation Model https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08649 **Summary**: We'll discuss a paper about a new kind of foundation model for banking. Instead of building separate models for fraud detection, credit scoring, customer engagement, and dozens of other tasks, the authors train a single model that learns a general representation of a person's financial behavior and reuse it everywhere. **Meeting Details:** 🗣 **Presenter:** Maksim Ostroukhov 💬 **Language of the meeting:** English 🎟 **Entrance donation:** 10 eur 📍 **Location:** Maui coworking (Note: For some reason, Meetup maps sometimes wrongly point to other addresses. Here is the exact address: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/fjx9t4zG8GnEmXLr9?g_st=ac](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.app.goo.gl%2Ffjx9t4zG8GnEmXLr9%3Fg_st%3Dac) ) Looking forward to a great discussion this Saturday!
¿Sin plan esta noche? Ven Cena Singles Barcelona: Conoce, conecta y disfruta
¿Sin plan esta noche? Ven Cena Singles Barcelona: Conoce, conecta y disfruta
✨ **¿Sin planes para HOY SÁBADO?** 💃🕺 **¡Ven a cenar, conocer gente increíble y hacer nuevos amigos en nuestra Cena Especial Singles Barcelona!** *** 🍷 **Un plan perfecto para solteros/as, separados/as y divorciados/as** Cada sábado reunimos entre **20 y 40 personas** en un ambiente mixto, divertido y acogedor. *** 🗓 **HOY – SÁBADO** 🕘 **21:30h** 🍽 **Cena Especial** *** ### 🍽 **3 Mesas, 3 Ambientes… ¡Elige el tuyo!** 👥 **Grupo 1:** 33 a 49 años 👥 **Grupo 2:** +50 años 🌍 **Grupo 3:** Mesa internacional para practicar inglés *(con personas nativas y ambiente relajado para conversar)* *** 🥘 **Disfruta de deliciosa comida catalana/española** 💸 Calidad top a muy buen precio 😄 Buen rollo garantizado desde el primer minuto *** 💬 **¿Te apetece una noche diferente?** Un ambiente sano, agradable y perfecto para conectar de verdad. *** 📲 **Reserva tu plaza ahora (¡son limitadas!)** 👉 Envíanos un WhatsApp al **678 15 34 34** *(Solo gestionamos reservas por WhatsApp)* *** ⚠️ **Importante:** Las plazas vuelan cada sábado… ¡no te quedes fuera! *** 🌐 Más info y próximos eventos: 👉 [www.singlesbcn.com](http://www.singlesbcn.com) *** 💛 **Te esperamos** *Carmen & Carolina*
Fuera de Mapa - donde empiezan las ideas que aún no te atreves a nombrar
Fuera de Mapa - donde empiezan las ideas que aún no te atreves a nombrar
**Cuando pensar más no es la solución.** Todos hemos pasado por ahí: listas interminables, análisis excesivo y la sensación de que, por muchas vueltas que le demos a una idea, no termina de encajar. El pensamiento lineal tiene un límite. Para llegar a donde la lógica no alcanza, hay que cambiar de canal. **Fuera de Mapa** es una experiencia de Pensamiento Tangible®, que convierte lo que tienes en la cabeza, ideas, dudas, intuiciones sin nombre, en algo que puedes ver, tocar y transformar. **Lo práctico, antes de nada:** * Plaça de Maragall 8, Barcelona * 75 € por persona **✨ Entrada Para dos - precio de lanzamiento ✨** * Grupo exclusivo, máximo 8 personas por ahora. * Incluye todos los materiales (materiales diversos para crear tu Brújula Personal para llevar a casa, y copas de vino y snacks). **Qué pasa en la sesión:** Vamos a conversar de manera diferente, a reconectar, a jugar con ideas y posibilidades y a mirar lo que te importa desde otro lugar. Trabajaremos con las manos y con materiales diversos para dar forma a lo que te mueve y quieres crear. **Qué te llevas:** Aparte de la experiencia y claridad, tu Brújula Personal. Saldrás con una pieza física creada por ti. No es un adorno; es el recordatorio táctil de tus próximos pasos. Un objeto que tu cerebro reconoce como una decisión ya tomada. Y, además, un método para toda la vida. Una forma distinta de abordar tus retos cuando el pensamiento lógico no es suficiente. **Lo que necesitas saber:** No necesitas experiencia ni habilidades concretas. Esto va de conectar contigo mismo y lo que ya está en ti. Tu intuición ya lo sabe! Reserva tu sitio y descubre lo que pasa cuando dejas que **tus manos te muestren el camino.** Si no bebes vino, avísanos con antelación y preparamos otra bebida para ti. 🎟️ **Reserva de plaza (Imprescindible):** Para esta experiencia las plazas son muy limitadas. Estar apuntado aquí en Meetup no garantiza el acceso. 👇 **Consigue tu entrada oficial aquí:** https://www.eventbrite.com/e/entradas-fuera-de-mapa-donde-empiezan-las-ideas-que-aun-no-te-atreves-a-nombrar-1987837395160
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🍷Grow Your Business with AI in Bcn, connecting entrepeneurs
🍷Grow Your Business with AI in Bcn, connecting entrepeneurs
Curious about how AI is transforming the way we build and grow businesses? Join us for a relaxed networking night in Barcelona where entrepreneurs, creators, and professionals come together to connect, exchange ideas, and explore new opportunities. 📅 **Sunday at 20:00** 📍 **Unplug Bar – Carrer Ataülf 18, Barcelona** 🍸 **Free Access:** Join us for free! We simply ask guests to purchase a minimum drink (€4) to support the venue. I have experience creating and implementing AI solutions for businesses, especially in the real estate and tourism sectors. During this meetup, we’ll talk about how AI is being applied in business right now — from automating processes and improving customer experience to creating travel solutions, digital products, and new business models. 💡 Real examples we’ll discuss: • How AI can be used in real estate to automate client communication, qualify leads, improve property matching, and create faster follow-up systems • How AI can be applied in tourism to create smarter travel experiences, including virtual guides, personalized itineraries, and multilingual support • How automation can reduce costs, save time, and increase efficiency in service-based businesses 💡 What we’ll cover: • How AI can help you grow your business • Practical ways to implement AI today • Opportunities in travel, tech, and digital business • Networking, collaboration, and idea sharing This is not a formal event — it’s a casual space to meet other entrepreneurs, build connections, exchange contacts, and explore ways to collaborate and create business opportunities together 🤝 Grab a drink, meet like-minded people, and talk about ideas in a relaxed atmosphere 🍻 We’ll also share a real example of how travelers are exploring Barcelona using AI-powered tools and virtual guides. 👉 You can check the concept here: [https://tour-mate.com/](https://tour-mate.com/) Whether you're building something, starting out, or just curious about AI and business — you're welcome to join 🙌 Let’s connect, share ideas, and grow together.
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Encuentro Social con Alma
Encuentro Social con Alma
[Únete a nuestro grupo de Whatsapp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/DUg0NDBb4IhG50CVm9gDiW?mode=gi_t) **¿Cuánto hace que no tienes una conversación que realmente te toque por dentro?** En un mundo lleno de pantallas y conversaciones rápidas, cada vez es más difícil encontrar espacios donde las personas se conozcan de verdad. **Encuentro Social con Alma** es una experiencia diferente: un evento diseñado para que las personas conecten desde la autenticidad, la curiosidad y la humanidad. A través de dinámicas sociales, preguntas sorprendentes y momentos compartidos, los participantes descubrirán historias, perspectivas y emociones que normalmente no aparecen en las conversaciones cotidianas. No es networking. No es una charla. Es un espacio para **mirar, escuchar y conectar con personas reales**. **5€ en efectivo** Reserva tu plaza ya que este evento se anuncia en otras plataformas.
Founders Running Club :: Barcelona
Founders Running Club :: Barcelona
**Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. ️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 Now in 35+ cities Running + Networking events + Community **Join the community** [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats) **Stay updated**: Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/) Podcast [http://podcast.foundersrc.com/](http://podcast.foundersrc.com/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com](http://foundersrc.com/)
Magical Mindfulness Tour of the Senses
Magical Mindfulness Tour of the Senses
[ENG] **Please read the full description for details on booking.** On this guided tour with a difference, discover how to live life lucidly in the present moment, open to your senses, listen to yourself and start to be your own guide! Using a walk through the streets of Barcelona as practice, I will guide you in a mindfulness meditation which will help you get out of your head, bringing attention to your senses and the felt sensations in the body, stepping into deeper awareness of yourself, making your experience of the city even more magical and vibrant. We will begin our time together in the hidden oasis of carrer d’Allada Vermell, in the barrio of El Born, with an initial guided meditation. From this point of connection to yourself, anchored in the present, will we continue the practice walking through El Born with its winding streets and surprises around every corner. On our magical tour of sensorial delights, lasting approximately 2 hours, we will take in such places as the Palau de la Musica, Casa Perris, Funky Baker, Santa Maria del Mar and Santa Caterina Market, ending up at a nearby square for a chat about your experience. Take the opportunity on your trip to tune into yourself and see how things start to unfold magically! Leave your guidebook at home, instead come into your senses and discover your inner guide! The experience is suitable for single travellers and includes a tea or coffee and delicious pastry. **Please note, this is a paid tour. For more details and to book:** https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/1562789 or https://www.eventbrite.es/e/magical-mindfulness-tour-of-the-senses-el-born-barcelona-tickets-916187099277 *** [ESP] **Por favor, leerlo la descripcion entero para detalles de reservacion.** En este tour guiada única, descubre cómo vivir la vida con lucidez en el momento presente, ábrete a tus sentidos, escúchate a ti mismo y comenzar a ser tu propio guía. Mientras paseamos por las calles de Barcelona, te guiaré en una meditación de atención plena (Mindfulness) que te ayudará a salir de tu cabeza, poniendo la atención sobre tus sentidos y las sensaciones en el cuerpo, entraras en una conciencia más profunda de ti mismo, dándote una experiencia de la ciudad aún más mágica y vibrante. Comenzaremos nuestro tiempo juntos en el oasis escondido de la calle d'Allada Vermell, en el barrio de El Born con una meditación guiada inicial. Desde este punto de conexión contigo mismo, anclado en el presente, continuaremos la práctica caminando por el barrio con sus sorpresas en cada esquina. En nuestro recorrido mágico de delicias sensoriales, que dura aproximadamente 2 horas, visitaremos lugares como el Palau de la Música, Casa Perris, Funky Baker, la Basílica de Santa María del Mar y el Mercado de Santa Caterina, terminando en una plaza cercana para conversar sobre tu experiencia. ¡Aprovecha la oportunidad en tu viaje para sintonizarte contigo mismo y ver cómo las cosas comienzan a desarrollarse con magia! ¡Deja tu guía en casa, en su lugar, entra en tus sentidos y descubre tu guía interior! La experiencia es adecuada para viajeros individuales e incluye un té o café y delicioso pastel. **Esto es un tour pagado. Para mas info y reservar:** https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/1562789 o https://www.eventbrite.es/e/magical-mindfulness-tour-of-the-senses-el-born-barcelona-tickets-916187099277
Accountability Coaching: From Intention to Action and Lasting Results
Accountability Coaching: From Intention to Action and Lasting Results
Discover how accountability coaching helps break procrastination, reduce overthinking, and create real momentum in life and work. 🚀Many people have goals, ideas, and good intentions but still struggle with consistency, procrastination, and follow-through. In this powerful MOTIVATE Community webinar, Accountability Coaching: From Intention to Action and Lasting Results, Darko Shekerinoiv explores how accountability coaching helps bridge the gap between awareness and real execution. 🌱This session will uncover why motivation alone is often not enough and how structure, support, and external accountability can dramatically improve self-discipline, productivity, and sustainable growth. Whether you want to improve your personal habits, career performance, mindset, or daily consistency, this discussion will provide practical coaching insights that help turn goals into measurable action. Perfect for coaches, professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone ready to stop overthinking and start creating meaningful results. 📅Join us this Sunday, **June 21, 2026**, for a powerful MOTIVATE Community webinar titled “**Accountability Coaching: From Intention to Action and Lasting Results**” with **Darko Shekerinov** as we explore how accountability coaching helps transform goals, intentions, and insights into consistent real-life action. 🎯**Key Points/Takeaways for the Audience** ✅ Intention alone is not enough — sustainable change requires consistent action. ✅ Most people fail because of lack of follow-through, not lack of knowledge. ✅ Accountability creates structure that reduces procrastination and distractions. ✅ External support helps increase consistency and focus. ✅ Real progress happens through execution, feedback, and commitment. 🎯**Additional Key Points/Takeaways/Benefits** ✅ Improve self-discipline through structured accountability. ✅ Learn practical ways to reduce overthinking and delays. ✅ Increase productivity and goal completion. ✅ Build stronger self-trust through consistent follow-through. ✅ Gain greater awareness of personal patterns that block action. ✅ Create sustainable personal and professional growth habits. ✅ Develop momentum that turns small actions into long-term results. 🎤 **ABOUT THE SPEAKER** Darko Shekerinov, MSc, is a Gestalt Therapist, NLP Practitioner, and ICF-certified coach with over 10 years of international experience. With more than 3,000 hours of certified training and over 200 clients supported, he specializes in emotional wellbeing and personal transformation. As a mentor in the MOTIVATE Community since 2018, Darko guides individuals through NLP and self-development journeys, helping them build confidence, shift identity, and create lasting change. **CONTACT DETAILS** Email: darko@motivatecommunity.com Wechat ID: Darkonlp Whatsapp: ++38970333346 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/collingwoodchris Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@InspiritiveAuNLP Website: https://www.nlp.edu.au ⏰June 21, 2026 (Sunday), 1.5 Hour 5:00 PM GMT+8 China 7:00 PM GMT+10 Australia 5:00 AM GMT-4 New York 11:00 AM GMT+2 Barcelona 📌For first-time attendees, please scan the QR code on the flyer or click the following link to register and become part of our enriching live discussion, all at no cost: https://adriancahill.agilecrm.com/forms/6002900926529536 📌Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/86301571361 Log-in: 86301571361 Password: #motivate 🔗 Secure your spot and register now!
El PODER del AHORA ✨ Cómo Lograr la Auténtica FELICIDAD
El PODER del AHORA ✨ Cómo Lograr la Auténtica FELICIDAD
Grupo de Whatsapp: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/DpaOmS5kLgQJu0TabAPBpd](https://chat.whatsapp.com/DpaOmS5kLgQJu0TabAPBpd) Estamos también en Instagram [www.instagram.com/redConsciencia_comunidad](http://www.instagram.com/redConsciencia_comunidad) **El poder del ahora ✨ cómo lograr la auténtica felicidad** El ritmo de vida actual nos mantiene constantemente enfocados en el pasado o preocupados por el futuro, generando estrés, ansiedad y desconexión. En esta conferencia exploraremos una idea sencilla pero profundamente transformadora: el poder del momento presente. Inspirada en las enseñanzas de Eckhart Tolle y su obra El poder del ahora, la charla abordará cómo la mente tiende a identificarse con pensamientos y emociones que nos alejan de la experiencia real de la vida. Se tratarán conceptos como la observación de la mente, la identificación con el ego, la gestión del sufrimiento psicológico y la importancia de desarrollar presencia consciente. A través de ejemplos prácticos, se mostrará cómo llevar estas ideas al día a día para mejorar la claridad mental, la calma interior y la toma de decisiones. Partiremos de una premisa clave: si estás plenamente en el ahora, puedes experimentar la felicidad. La felicidad no es algo externo que haya que alcanzar, sino un estado natural que emerge cuando dejamos de vivir atrapados en la mente. Se trabajarán ideas como actuar con conciencia, aceptar lo que es y soltar la resistencia. Salir del ruido mental para volver a un estado de paz más profundo y estable. La conferencia propone una reflexión directa y aplicable: cómo dejar de vivir en piloto automático y empezar a experimentar la vida con mayor atención, equilibrio y consciencia. Un encuentro pensado para quienes buscan reducir el ruido mental, comprenderse mejor y conectar con una forma más plena de vivir. **Ponente**: Miguel Pou - Terapeuta y escritor **Colaboración**: 5 euros (costes de sala y organización). Sólo efectivo. No Bizum.

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Join Biggest Community | Investors Founders | Online
Join Biggest Community | Investors Founders | Online
Please reserve your spot by registering on the below link : **Reserve** https://www.eventbrite.com/e/join-biggest-community-investors-founders-columbus-online-tickets-1988563717610?aff=meetup **QUESTIONS ?** Pls Reach out to; Ridhi - +971504724873 ( WhatsApp Only)
American Sign Language Beginners Meetup Group
American Sign Language Beginners Meetup Group
We meet to learn and practice American Sign Language and to grow our familiarity with Deaf culture. Facilitated by hearing folks (with a connection to a professional interpreter) using Deaf-created content. People of all ASL skill levels are welcome! As we learn, we hope to connect more with the Deaf community in Central Ohio. Join us as you're able! Come regularly or just once - whatever you're looking for! Each meetup will explore different topics related to ASL/Deaf culture, and will feature time to practice conversation with one another. Just bring yourself and a willingness to learn!
Evolve Elevate (Virtual)
Evolve Elevate (Virtual)
Evolve is all about creating an Authentic Community, Deeper Connections, and Confident Growth. We are a group of entrepreneurial women who connect personally and professionally. We welcome every guest to experience our authentic community with no cliques and no judgment. Come as you are! There's a seat waiting for you. Elevate is an action-oriented connection experience designed to help women entrepreneurs move beyond surface-level networking and into meaningful growth, collaboration, and courageous action. Each session centers around a focused business or personal development topic, followed by intentional breakout discussions that encourage deeper conversations, real relationship-building, and practical next steps. Unlike traditional networking events, Elevate is designed to create momentum. Women are encouraged not only to share ideas, but to actively support one another through accountability, collaboration, brainstorming, and action-based growth. Every meeting is an opportunity to build authentic connections, gain fresh perspective, and leave with a clear action step to implement before the next session. This is a space where women rise together — not through competition or hustle culture, but through encouragement, courage, consistency, and intentional community. \*\*Evolve Women's Collective is a membership based professional women's group. You can find more information at [www.EvolveWomensCollective.com](https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.EvolveWomensNetwork.com&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0UekYvD4PoVa7WUlFFVHyp). Feel welcome to be our guest anytime! [Join the Call](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://zoom.us/j/7894682064&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw127u1EMKvrsjTOPRaLUJ51)
    Dinner at High Bank Distillery
Dinner at High Bank Distillery
Microsoft Build - Columbus Edition!
Microsoft Build - Columbus Edition!
We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio! The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us! And yes, there will be free food. Please RSVP via [Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus | Microsoft Reactor](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27247/).
Pagans on the Patio
Pagans on the Patio
**Pagans on the Patio! Summer/Fall Series** A casual gathering the first Thursday of each month. Time to relax, meet new people, and reconnect with old friends. There is no charge for the event itself and all are welcome but there are a few guidelines: 1. **You are expected to purchase food and/or drink to compensate the Cantina and our server.** 2. **No soliciting. Do not bring samples of your wares or brochures of your services.** 3. **Please respect the spiritual and political views of others that are present. No disruption of the peace.** In case of inclement weather, we will find seating indoors. I hope to see you there. Blessed be! \~ Cynthia ❤️---
Drunken Philosophy: Where Is Everybody? The Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter
Drunken Philosophy: Where Is Everybody? The Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter
Welcome to Drunken Philosophy, a casual, curious, social discussion club. Come grab a drink and a seat at The Oracle. **Optional topic for this meetup: Where is everybody?** In 1950 the physicist Enrico Fermi was talking about aliens over lunch and asked a question that still has not gone away: if the universe is so vast and so old, and even a fraction of those billions of stars have planets, where is everyone? By the numbers the galaxy should be crowded with civilizations. Instead we look up and hear silence. That gap between "they should be everywhere" and "we see no one" is the Fermi Paradox. One of the most unsettling answers is the idea of a **Great Filter**: somewhere on the road from dead chemistry to a galaxy-spanning civilization, there is at least one step that is almost impossible to get past. Maybe the filter is behind us. Maybe life starting at all, or simple cells becoming complex, or intelligence ever evolving, is the freak accident, and we already cleared the hard part. Or maybe the filter is ahead of us, and advanced civilizations reliably wipe themselves out before they spread. Here is the part that messes with people. If we ever found life somewhere else, even pond scum on Mars, most people would call it the greatest discovery in history. But it might be the worst possible news. It would mean life is common, the early steps are easy, and the hard step is still in front of us. So the eerie silence overhead might actually be the best sign we could ask for. **Questions to wrestle with:** * Is it better to be alone? Would you rather we find alien life and learn we are not special, or find nothing and quietly improve our odds of surviving? * Where do you bet the filter sits, behind us or ahead of us, and why? * If it is ahead of us, what is it? Nuclear war, climate collapse, AI, something we cannot even picture yet? And can we do anything about a filter we cannot see coming? * Two principles pull opposite ways here. The principle of mediocrity (the Copernican principle, Sagan's "no privileged place in the universe") says we are ordinary, so what happened on Earth probably happened everywhere, which makes the silence scream louder. The anthropic principle says of course we find ourselves somewhere life was possible, since we could not observe anything else, so our being here may say almost nothing about how common life is. Which lens do you trust, and does the silence still demand an answer once you account for observer selection? * And if we did confirm life out there and had to accept we are not special, what would that do to belief in a higher power, and would shedding (or keeping) that belief help or hurt our odds of pulling together as one species? * Does any of this change how you live, or how humanity should be spending its time and money right now? As always the prompt is optional. Come for the conversation, stay for the drinks, and bring your own questions.