Today! "AI and the Digital"
Nicholas Carr on “Why Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart”
Event Time: 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm GMT/8pm CET
“Why Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart”
Nicholas Carr in conversation with Audrey Borowski
Join us tomorrow for the second event in the second series of Audrey Borowski’s “AI and the Digital”!
From the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day, the public has welcomed new communication systems. Whenever people gain more power to share information, the assumption goes, society prospers. But in this event, New York Times bestselling writer Nicholas Carr will tell a startlingly different story. As communication becomes more mechanized and efficient, Carr will argue, it breeds confusion more than understanding, strife more than harmony. Media technologies all too often bring out the worst in us.
Does modern communication really encourage self-expression, free speech, and media democratization? What are the effects of “digital crowding”? How does new media shape society and affect our sense of reality? This event will probe the intricacies of modern communication in a time of radical dislocation. You can find out more and register here.
