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Book Talk: Spy Sites of New York City
Rizzoli Bookstore 1133 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesThrough every era of American history, New York City has been a battleground for international espionage, where secrets have been created, stolen, and passed through clandestine meetings and covert communications. Highlighting 233 spy sites through 380 photographs and maps, Spy Sites of New York City (Georgetown University Press, 2020) takes readers inside this shadowy world and reveals […]
Overdoing Democracy: Robert B. Talisse with Oliver Burkeman
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesPhilosopher Robert B. Talisse in conversation with Oliver Burkeman on what's wrong with democracy and how to save it. About this Event The fate of democracy is increasingly in doubt, in America and around the world. But what if the greatest danger for democratic societies comes from within? In his insightful new book, philosopher Robert […]
How Biased Are We? A Conversation About Perception, Cognition, and Accuracy
Deutsches Haus at NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York, NY, United StatesDeutsches Haus at NYU, University Alliance Ruhr, and the German Research Foundation (DFG) present a conversation among Emily Balcetis (NYU), Lee Jussim (Rutgers University), and Albert Newen (Ruhr-University Bochum) as moderator, exploring the concept of human perception and its inherent biases that affect our understanding of the world. About the event: Perceptions are the window to our world. Rather […]
The Mathematics of Intelligence, Natural and Artificial, with Dr. Joshua B. Tenenbaum
National Museum of Mathematics 11 E 26th St, New York, NY, United StatesArtificial intelligence has brought us many useful technologies, but true machine intelligence remains elusive. Nothing besides the human mind has the flexible, general-purpose common sense that we use from very early in development. How can we capture human intelligence in engineering terms, and what are the prospects for someday building machines that are as smart […]
New York Stories: Danny Meyer
National September 11 Memorial and Museum 180 Greenwich St., New York, NY, United StatesCelebrated restaurateur Danny Meyer, whose past and present portfolio includes classic New York City eateries such as Union Square Café, Eleven Madison Park, and Gramercy Tavern as well as the Shake Shack empire, shares his own 9/11 experience as a midtown resident and business owner. As chair of the Restaurant Committee for NYC & Company in […]