The title of this well respected festival sounds ominous yet on
the 3rd and 4th September, the Opera House will insight
you with more details. For now, we’re giving you the dramatic overview of what
to expect so brace yourselves!
The eighth consecutive Festival of Dangerous Ideas
(FODI) is a boundary pusher weekend with the who’s who of speakers coming in
droves around the planet. Knowledge is power and at FODI, you’ll be enlightened
about low down dirty politics (is there any other type?), vanishing countries
and disruptive behavior that affects landscape, the economy and wars. We’re not
just talking about the mysterious Bilderberg Group but also about how Brexit’s
knock on effect changes the world, border control damages hope and underlying
strengths that are positively impacting a snowball of tumbleweeds.
Our planet is in turbulent times from terrorism, crime, corruption
and an abundance of natural disasters. These events affect our culture, ethics,
morals, way of thinking and our free will in rising above these… or being
sucked into the cyclone. We find this event incredibly interesting because it
covers all bases and isn’t designed to scare the living daylights out of you.
Its focus is to provide the information and open food for thought so you are
better informed. Topics are set into a very simple timetable per day, hour slot
and subject matter by the expert alongside details about purchasing single or
multi tickets.
From a panel about Breaking a Rule a Day, to America coming apart
and Apple vs the FBI (that’ll be a good one!) to Water Wars. Henry Rollins will
also present about Blood Sports while Jesse Bering taps into ‘Suicide is Social’
and the impact it makes to a three degrees of separation spin-off effect. How
about Laura Secor’s Dissent in Iran? Or Lev Grossman’s There Are No Good Books?
We love that a true hard hitting event is returning to Sydney; a
city renowned for free and liberal thinking, solid cultural diversity and
intelligent beings who question everything in society. Sydney is ideal for this
festival and it attracts thousands in droves to learn, challenge and spread the
debate.
The festival will be a pure brain rush and the conversations will
be going on long after the weekend is over. So if you want to get your back
brain into gear and attend a truly insightful two day mind power, this is the
place to be.
The festival will be taxing on the brain so we highly advise you
to hop onto a 10 minute ferry ride back to Cremorne Point afterwards,
settle back on our balcony and take in the Harbour sunset with a glass of vino
in hand. The world will still be turning tomorrow but a crisp chardonnay may be
the best informed decision you make when you relax at Cremorne Point Manor. Trust us, we’re experts on topics such as Relax,
Enjoy and Breathe…
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