Boston 2016

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Boston 2016 Opening Speech by Jim Babcock
Uplift by Andrew Eigel ◦ Human progress, from stone tools to space colonies
Find My Tribe by Raymond Arnold ◦ Seeking a community, despite our individualist natures
Heros' Song by Julia Ecklar ◦ The glory of space exploration
Her Mysteries by Allison Lonsdale ◦ A hymn to the Goddess for math and physics majors.

[Everyone introduce themselves to their neighbors]
Imagine by John Lennon ◦ It could be a wonderful world if we just stopped messing it up
Somebody Will by Sassafrass ◦ I can't solve the entire problem, but I can contribute, and trust my tribe to go the rest of the way
Chasing Patterns by Raymond Arnold ◦ Our struggle for understanding
The Scientific Frontier / Truth and Beauty by Chelsea Voss
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[Everyone light a candle from the altar]
Jewel in the Night by Chris Hadfield ◦ The beuaty of Earth from above, and a re-affirmation of Christmas

Mal's Song aka Ballad of Serenity by Sonny Rhodes ◦ The Absolute Freedom of Space
Lost Knowledge probably by Chelsea Voss or Jim Babcock
[Solemnly extinguish half the altar candles]
Legends by Julia Ecklar ◦ Our space program passes into the past, and maybe into legend

Hymn to the Breaking Strain by Rudyard Kipling ◦ Abide the twin damnation, to fail and know we fail
[Turn off projector]
Beyond the Reach of God by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold
[Extinguish remaining candles]
Probability by Taymon Beal

[Turn on projector]
Brighter Than Today by Raymond Arnold ◦ Our central anthem of hope, starting from the invention of fire

Something Impossible by Raymond Arnold and Grace Avery ◦ Shut up and do the impossible
Here and Now by Raymond Arnold ◦ A celebration of now
Five Thousand Years by Raymond Arnold ◦ Looking to the far future
A Thousand Stars by Siegfried Köhler, translated by Daniel Böttger ◦ Beauty in Dark Places