Early-Onset Oppenheimers
Cory Doctorow (Author)
Distinguished Lecture Series
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 3:30 pm
Zoom Meeting
Abstract
Tech workers have real labor power; their skills are in short supply and in some cases, the things they refuse to build will simply not get built. People get involved with tech because they, themselves, have experienced the liberatory power of technology, the way networks can free you from constraint and send your mind and ideas around the world.
How can we convince technologists to use their power to deliver the same liberation to their users, rather than confiscating their users' freedom?
Bio
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. He is the author of RADICALIZED and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults, a YA graphic novel called IN REAL LIFE, the nonfiction business book INFORMATION DOESN’T WANT TO BE FREE, and young adult novels like HOMELAND, PIRATE CINEMA and LITTLE BROTHER. His latest book is POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER, a picture book for young readers. His next book is ATTACK SURFACE, an adult sequel to LITTLE BROTHER. He maintains a daily blog at Pluralistic.net. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina's School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group.