Frankfurt 2017

Preparation

Imagine by John Lennon ◦ It could be a wonderful world if we just stopped messing it up
The Ten Offers of Evolutionary Humanism by Michael Schmidt-Salomon
Galaxy Song by Monty Python ◦ How big the universe is and how lucky we are to be a part of it
Uplift by Andrew Eigel ◦ Human progress, from stone tools to space colonies
Unsong Prologue (German Translation) by Scott Alexander, Translated by Adrien Pfeuffer
Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton ◦ A smug, sociopathic celebration of survival and science

A Thousand Stars by Siegfried Köhler, translated by Daniel Böttger ◦ Beauty in Dark Places
Lean on Me by Bill Withers ◦ A pledge of support
Travelers
Blowin in the Wind by Bob Dylan ◦ A catalogue of the world's problems from a vaguely hopeful perspective
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Space Oddity by David Bowie ◦ A confused account of going into space

The Gift We Give Tomorrow by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold
Bitter Wind Blown by Raymond Arnold ◦ A lullaby for a child that is shivering in the cold
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Communal Meal

Bitter Wind March by Raymond Arnold ◦ A return to Bitter Wind Blown, but with determination to do something about it
Beyond the Reach of God by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold
Minute of Silence

This Is a Dawn by Nate Soares
Matches Ritual
Brighter Than Today by Raymond Arnold ◦ Our central anthem of hope, starting from the invention of fire

Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles ◦ A light-hearted celebration of the sun
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong ◦ The world is awesome just the way it is
The Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Always Look on the Bright Side by Monty Python ◦ A silly song about making the best of terrible things
Epsilon Eridani by Adrien Pfeuffer