<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey All,<br><br>Our November talk will be on <b>Monday </b>the 9th of November instead of our usual date. We will be at Spacecubed (Level 9, 45 St Georges
Terrace, Perth). <br><br>For November we have have Paul Fenwick an internationally
acclaimed public speaker, developer, and science educator. Paul is well
known for presenting on a diverse range of topics including privacy,
neuroscience and neuroethics, Klingon programming, open source,
depression and mental health, advancements in science, diversity,
autonomous agents, and minesweeper automation. His dynamic presentation
style and quirky humour has delighted audiences worldwide.<br><br>Paul
was awarded the 2013 O’Reilly Open Source award, and the 2010 White
Camel award, both for outstanding contributions to the open source
community.<br><br>As a Freedom Loving Scientist, Paul’s goal is to learn
everything he can, do amazing things with that knowledge, and give them
away for free.<br><br>His talk is titled "The future is awesome (and what you can do about it)"<br><br>The
21st century is a time with an unprecedented expansion of ideas,
culture, technology, information, and global justice. Compared to any
other point in history, humans are flourishing. Yet the way in which we
think about the world—and our shared future in it—has not accelerated at
the same pace. Join us to find out why the future is awesome in ways
you may not expect, and what you can do about it.<br><br>The talk will be catered so an RSVP is appreciated but not required at <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Perth-Linux-Users-Group-PLUG/events/225203284/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/Perth-Linux-Users-Group-PLUG/events/225203284/</a> as usual arrive at 18:30 for a 19:00 start.<br><br>--<br></div>Michael<br></div>