Taking the Long View - 12/3/24
If you could instantly master any art form, what would it be?
This was a question Claude.ai posed to me when I asked for prompts around creativity, and it was so thought-provoking I wanted to share as this week’s quote.
Calendar
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December 5, 2024 - Speaker Mike Johnson on X: "Looking forward to hosting @elonmusk and @VivekGRamaswamy next week…”
December 8, 2024 - Romania Presidential election runoff
June 2-7, 2025 - SXSW London
Topics to keep an eye on
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
January 19, 2025 - Deadline for TikTok to sell. POTUS can extend another 90 days.
Upcoming Dates
December 3 - 5, 2024 - IDU Winter Forum, Washington, DC
December 4, 2024 - Bipartisan Policy Center’s 2024 Elections Summit
December 5, 2024 - Speaker Mike Johnson on X: "Looking forward to hosting @elonmusk and @VivekGRamaswamy next week…”
December 7, 2024 - Ghana election
December 8, 2024 - Romania Presidential election runoff
December 9, 2024 - Findings presentation from consultation period for AI Action Summit
December 10, 2024 - Renewing Civic Health: National Conference on Citizenship 2024
December 10-11 - Reuters Next: Leadership Summit & Global Broadcast
December 11, 2024 — U.S. deadline for issuing and sending Certificates of Ascertainment
December 15, 2024 - Senegal Election (Rescheduled from February)
December 17, 2024 — U.S. State Electors vote
December 20, 2024 - U.S. government funding runs out
December 29, 2024 - Chad election
December 29, 2024 - Croatia election
2025
Early 2025: Semafor national summit on “Innovating to Restore Trust in News”
January 6, 2025 — U.S. Congress counts electoral votes
January 7-10, 2025 - CES 2025 @ Las Vegas
January 15, 2025 - Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, the challenge to Texas’ porn age verification law, has been set for argument by SCOTUS
January 19, 2025 - Deadline for TikTok to sell. POTUS can extend another 90 days.
January 20, 2025 — U.S. Inauguration
January 20-24, 2025 - Davos: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
February 4-6 - Prodacity Conference
February 9, 2025 - Ecuador General Election
February 10-11, 2025 - AI Action Summit
February 14-16, 2025 - Munich Security Conference 2025
February 21-22, 2025 - DistrictCon
February 23, 2025 - Germany snap election
February 24, 2025 - TrustCon 2025 proposals due
February 24-27, 2025 - RightsCon, Taiwan
March 4, 2025 - Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things: A Novel by Breanne Randall
Mar 17-19, 2025 - Raisina Dialogue
April 23-25, 2025 - Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2025
April 28-May 1, 2025 - RSA Conference 2025
May 2025 - World Summit on the Information Society - 20 year review
May 12, 2025 - Philippines Election
May 13-14, 2024 - Copenhagen Democracy Summit
June 2-7, 2025 - SXSW London
June 4-5, 2025 - AI & Big Data Expo (North America)
June 10-11, 2025 - TICTeC 202
July 21-23, 2025 - TrustCon 2025
August 7-10, 2025 DEF CON
September 2025 - Norway Parliamentary Election
November 2025 - Honduras Election
November 2025 - Chile Election
December 2025 - Bolivia General Election
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