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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:38:35 -0800From: Stewart BrandSubject: [SALT] Creative social collapse FRIDAY Feb. 13 [Note 2 ways to assure yourself a seat, below] A close observer of the collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe twenty years ago, engineer Dmitry Orlov finds a similar sequence of events taking shape in America. His savagely humorous presentation spells out how Russia was better prepared than the US is now for the stages of collapse — which begin with financial meltdown. Renewal awaits on the other side of collapse, and there are ways to hasten that process. Orlov is the author of Reinventing Collapse: Soviet Example and American Prospects. “Social Collapse Best Practices” Dmitry OrlovCowell Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco7pm, FRIDAY, February 13 The show starts  promptly at 7:30pm.  Admission is free — if there’s room.  To be sure of a seat, become a Long Now member and reserve a seat or order an advance ticket ($10). Recent SALT talks have overflowed, and latecomers had to be turned away.  To head off the problem, here’s the new arrangement: You can also purchase tickets for $10 HERE Please note, Members and Ticket holders: if you arrive after 7:25pm we may not be able to seat you in the theater. All tickets and RSVP’s are Will-Call; advance sales and RSVP’s end at 3:00pm on Feb. 13. Please allow time for traffic, parking, walking to the theater, and check-in. The Seminar will be simulcast in the lobby with free overflow seating, and any extra seats in the theater will be released right before the lecture starts.