A Playlist for Our Future? Human Advantage in an Age of Technology
Davis Auditorium 530 West 120th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThis panel will address artificial intelligence and which lessons from the humanities and the social and behavioral sciences are needed. The theme for Columbia University's incoming class of 2023 is “Press Play,” encouraging students to craft their own learning experiences and inspiring them to express their “whole, authentic self.” Building on this appeal, let’s start by […]
Book Signing with Gloria Steinem
Books Are Magic 225 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin Books Are Magic for a book signing with Gloria Steinem in celebration of her new book THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE, BUT FIRST IT WILL PISS YOU OFF. For decades—and especially now, in these times of crisis—people around the world have found guidance, humor, and unity in Gloria Steinem’s gift for creating quotes that […]
Atheism & Morality: Mapping the Game with Andrew Dennis
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United StatesAndrew Dennis's talk focuses on the issues resulting from an atheist worldview. He starts by introducing a custom-made framework that utilizes game theory to identify and analyze players in what he calls “The Values Game.” He then divides the concept of atheism into three components and uses this stratification to explain how conversations in atheist […]
CBFS: The Black Athlete in the Freedom Struggle
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, United StatesCONVERSATIONS IN BLACK FREEDOM STUDIES Black athletes have long propelled the quest for racial equality and social justice; and long been criticized for their freedom fighting. Join sportswriter Dave Zirin, historian Louis Moore, and legendary athlete and activist Wyomia Tyus in a discussion of the last half century of black male and female athletes in the freedom […]
Films of My Life with Laurie Anderson and Nicole Krauss
The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for an evening celebrating the relationship between art, literature, performance, and film. Renowned multimedia artist, composer, poet, instrumentalist, and filmmaker Laurie Anderson (Habeas Corpus, Homeland, Songs and Stories from Moby Dick) and Nicole Krauss, award-winning author of Forest Dark, Great House, and The History of Love, discuss the films that have inspired their lives and […]