Feb. 21, 2015 Virginia Ritan on “At the Crossroads Conference…The Third Industrial Revolution”

Welcome to 2015. We did not have meetings in December or January, but are now starting up meetings again as the approach of spring is in the air.

FEB. 21, Saturday, 11:30-1:30, at Deyos Italian Bistro in Maineville (45039), Virginia Ritan will review the book “The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy and the World” (2011) by Jeremy Rifkin. Virginia Ritan is the Executive Director of the MidFest International conference in Middletown, OH.

Amazon’s page on Jeremy Rifkin says he is “One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of The European Dream, The Hydrogen Economy, The Age of Access, The Biotech Century, and The End of Work. A fellow at the Wharton School’s Executive Education Program and an adviser to several European Union heads of state, he is the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Bethesda, Maryland.” His newest book is The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism… (Apr 1, 2014).

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday Feb. 21. We each order our own lunch at 11:30, program begins around 12:30.  Address: Deyos Italian Bistro, 83 E. Grandin Rd., Mainebille OH 45039.