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September 15, 2011
Cory Doctorow, Mark Stevenson and James King
Futurology: Optimism and Failure
Emerging technologies can transform society, for both good and bad. How can we shape technology to create the tools we need to face the future? Futurologists Cory Doctorow and Mark Stevenson are joined by James King to discuss what we can hope for and what we should guard against.
Cory Doctorow is a science fiction writer, journalist, technology activist and co-editor of the weblog Boing Boing.
Mark Stevenson is the author of An Optimist's Tour of the Future.
James King, 2011 A&D Witt Artist in Residence, investigates the unintended consequences of technology.
With support from Living Arts and the Risk Science Center.
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Selected Bibliography
- Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com » News.
- Cory Doctorow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Free ebooks by Cory Doctorow
- Cory Doctorow – Boing Boing Author Archives
- Futurology - Wikibooks, open books for an open world.
- James King.
- Mark Stevenson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- An Optimist's Tour of the Future.
- Who owns the Story of the Future?
- Doctorow, Cory. 2007. Overclocked: stories of the future present. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press.
- Doctorow, Cory. 2009. Makers. New York: Tor.
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