Futurist Bob Olson will speak at the Lincolnville Community Library this evening, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. Olson will share some thoughts from the book he is writing titled The Big Picture, which looks at the amazing things people have learned about the universe over the past century and what those insights may mean for society in the future. “Did you know that everything has a common origin?” Olson asks. “That stars had to die so that we might live? That every aspect of nature has conspired to be ‘just right’ for life to exist and if any of the constants or laws of nature were only slightly different no life would exist?”  

Olson is a senior fellow at the Institute for Alternative Futures in Virginia where he served for many years as research director. He has worked with organizations of all kinds, including environmental groups, chemical companies, international organizations and local citizens groups.

There will be refreshments and plenty of time for discussion following Olson’s talk. The library is located at the corner of Main Street and Heal Road in Lincolnville Center. For more information, email fireweed@tidewater.net.