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***This page under reconstruction...check back soon for many more events and updated details!*** Pre-order my new book, Tech Agnostic, for MIT Press, via their distribution partnership with Penguin Random House: out Oct. 29, 2024!
***This page under reconstruction...check back soon for many more events and updated details!*** Pre-order my new book, Tech Agnostic, for MIT Press, via their distribution partnership with Penguin Random House: out Oct. 29, 2024!
An urgently needed exploration of global technology worship, and a measured case for skepticism and agnosticism as a way of life, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Good without God. ...
My new personal site! Bio, books, writing, latest news are there. Book tour info is below!
My new personal site! Bio, books, writing, latest news are there. Book tour info is below!
Saturday September 14, 11:40 AM ET – American Humanist Association Online Conference – Humanism and AI Panel
Saturday September 14, 11:40 AM ET – American Humanist Association Online Conference – Humanism and AI Panel
Friday, September 27 - MIT Alumni Association panel
Friday, September 27 - MIT Alumni Association panel
Tuesday, October 15, 5 PM ET – WGBH/Cambridge Forum – The God of AI (with former WIRED EIC Gideon Lichfield)
Tuesday, October 15, 5 PM ET – WGBH/Cambridge Forum – The God of AI (with former WIRED EIC Gideon Lichfield)
Cambridge Forum continues its series <i>AI: Servant or Master</i> with Greg Epstein<br/><br/>exploring the global worship of technology and discussing what prompted him to write <i>Tech Agnostic. </i>Epstein contends that<i> </i>technology has overtaken religion as the chief influencer in 21st Century life and community. He questions whether technology is deserving of our trust, and who profits from our uncritical faith in it? Epstein argues for tech agnosticism, not worship, and encourages us all to exert a critical freethinking perspective toward innovation, until it proves itself worthy of our faith.<br/><br/>He will be joined by <b>Gideon Lichfield,</b> journalist and science writer, former editor-in-chief of WIRED magazine and MIT Technology Review He now focuses on the future of democracy and governance which he covers in his weekly newsletter, Futurepolis.
Thursday October 24 – Library Journal Day of Dialog Fall 2024 – Details TBA
Thursday October 24 – Library Journal Day of Dialog Fall 2024 – Details TBA
Join us October 24 for our Library Journal Day of Dialog virtual event! Spanning a variety of genres, this free, day-long program will offer an in-depth look at the biggest forthcoming books for summer/fall 2024. You’ll hear directly from top authors as they discuss their new titles, inspiration, process, and more.
Tuesday October 29, 6:30PM – Harvard Book Store and Cambridge Public Library – in conversation with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Tuesday October 29, 6:30PM – Harvard Book Store and Cambridge Public Library – in conversation with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Wednesday Oct 30, 3PM ET – IFTF Foresight Talk – Tech Agnosticism for a Better Future
Wednesday Oct 30, 3PM ET – IFTF Foresight Talk – Tech Agnosticism for a Better Future
Wednesday Oct. 30, 7PM – Washington, D.C. – Politics and Prose, Conn Ave – in conversation with Bina Venkatraman
Wednesday Oct. 30, 7PM – Washington, D.C. – Politics and Prose, Conn Ave – in conversation with Bina Venkatraman
Join author Greg Epstein at Politics and Prose-Conn Ave on October 30 to discuss his new book, Tech Agnostic.
Tuesday, November 12 – The MIT Museum, MIT Radius – 6PM
Tuesday, November 12 – The MIT Museum, MIT Radius – 6PM
Thursday November 14 — NYC — Details to come
Thursday November 14 — NYC — Details to come
All Tech Is Human leverages the power of collective intelligence via our in-person community gatherings, virtual Livestreams, and annual summits.
Monday November 18 – San Francisco – The Commonwealth Club – 7PM
Monday November 18 – San Francisco – The Commonwealth Club – 7PM
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