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One day after the 2012 presidential election, three highly respected Nashvillians with diverse areas of expertise will stand back from the election frenzy to discuss what the future might hold at this month's Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box: Conversations with a Philosophical Flavor with David Wood.

Michael Bess and Mike Vandenbergh, two Vanderbilt University professors, and Samar Ali, a Vanderbilt alumna who works in the Haslam administration, will address "Visions of the Future" Nov. 7 at the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church St. Each (Lunch) Box talk, which begins at 11:30 a.m., is hosted by David Wood, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy and founder of the series.

Box lunches will be available, starting at 11:30 a.m., for the first 150 people to arrive. A voluntary donation of $5 is requested per lunch to help defray costs. Lunch will be in the library auditorium. The discussion will be in the lecture theater across the hall from noon to 1 p.m.