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Dr. Timothy Leary’s “Declaration of Evolution” - In English and Persian

June 25, 2009 – 11:13 am

In light of what’s been going on in Iran this past week, we thought this Persian Google translation of Dr. Leary’s “Declaration of Evolution” was rather timely.
If there’s any problem with the url above, try this one. (non-tinyurl version)
Here’s a link to the english version, the text of which we will also republish in this [...]

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Video and Transcription of Bruce Damer at Feb 8 Reception

March 21, 2009 – 5:50 pm

Bruce Damer told the audience about the gems in the archive.
(Video: Allan Lundell)

Complete Transcript
I’m kind of a newbie. I’m one of the tech nerds. Many of you know me as a pack rat of Silicon Valley. I archive and collect stuff, and I have a big Digibarn Computer Museum with a lot of stuff, and [...]

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International Federation For Internal Freedom - Statement of Purpose

March 21, 2009 – 1:39 pm

While transcribing Bruce Damer’s talk to the crowd at our February 8, 2009 reunion and reception, Bruce referenced the IFIF, the “International Federation for Internal Freedom,” an organization created by Tim and the group we was doing research with while at Harvard.
Here is the organization’s Statement of Purpose:
Statement of Purpose of the Internal Federation for [...]

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MP3 and Transcription of Denis Berry on Air America’s “Doin Time with Ron Kuby”

March 9, 2009 – 2:41 pm

Denis Berry was on Air America’s Doin Time with Ron Kuby.
Here’s an MP3:  Ron Kuby Interviews Denis Berry - March 4, 2009
This program was aired on March 4, 2009.

Complete Transcription
Ron Kuby: We bring you this flashback because the archives of Dr. Timothy Leary are being digitized and placed on the net for all to find, [...]

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Interview with Joi Ito - Meeting Tim, Collaborating with Tim, Being Tim’s Godson

March 4, 2009 – 6:46 pm

Q: In this video, he calls you his godson? What’s the story behind that?
A: I met Tim on the evening of my birthday when I was turning 24 in Tokyo, in Roppongi, through a mutual friend, David Kubiak. I remember, because I asked him about the number “23″ and the whole Cosmic Trigger book story [...]

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Video and Transcription of Joi Ito at our February 8, 2009 Reunion and Reception

March 3, 2009 – 4:44 pm

Joi Ito, Tim’s Godson, said a few words to the crowd at our February 8 event.
Actually, the whole reunion and reception was originally Joi’s idea!
(That’s Futique Trust Trustee Denis Berry introducing Joi Ito in the very beginning.)

Complete Transcription
Denis Berry: That young man that spent so much time in Timothy’s living room - here’s Joi Ito.
Joi: [...]

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Video: Tim Explains How He’ll Use His Online Archives In The Future

March 1, 2009 – 8:24 pm

In the process of creating our new Donate page, we came across this nice clip of Tim from late 1995/early 1996, where explains how he’ll be able to search online through his own archives in the future, after he has been reanimated.
When this video was recorded, Tim was planning on having his head cryonically frozen, [...]

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Video and Transcription of John Perry Barlow’s Chat With The Crowd - February 8, 2009

February 28, 2009 – 8:05 pm

John Perry Barlow stopped by our event, and had a few words to say.
(Video: Enric Teller)

Complete transcription:
Ya know, I met Joi Ito in Tim’s livingroom, when Joi actually was as young as he usually looks. And, for a while we had this idea that we wanted to start this project called the Rashomon project, based [...]

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Video and Transcription of Ralph Metzner’s Chat With The Crowd At Our February 8, 2009 San Francisco Event

February 27, 2009 – 1:53 am

Ralph Metzner came to our February 8th Reunion/Reception in San Francisco.
Here’s a video and complete transcription of his chat with the audience about his new book coming out that he co-authored with Ram Dass and others, “Birth of a Psychedelic Culture: Conversations about Leary, the Harvard Experiments, Millbrook and the Sixties,“ and the first from [...]

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Brian Shields on KRON Channel 4 Covers Our February 8th Event!

February 15, 2009 – 9:06 pm

Brian Shields put together this great piece for KRON Channel 4, San Francisco, featuring Brewster Kahle, John Perry Barlow, Ralph Metzner, and Michael Horowitz.
You can see all the individual interviews too, right here, on Brian Shields’ website.

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