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Space: How Rockets, Satellites, and Telescopes Are Enhancing Our World and Helping to Understand the Universe

Austin Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin, Austin, texas, Select a Country:

Space has captivated our imaginations since the dawn of humankind. Our gaze, enhanced by evolving technologies, has increased our understanding of the cosmos but also our world and our place in the Universe. Through increasingly capable telescopes and a better understanding of this data, we have greatly expanded human knowledge and appreciation of our world […]

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Discussion of “Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think: How Humans Learned to See the Future and Shape It”

Online via zoom TX, United States

In this month's book discussion, we are excited to have author (and entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, and past Austin Forum presenter and podcast interviewee!) Byron Reese lead a discussion of his new book: Stories, Dice, and Rock That Think: How Humans Learned to See the Future and Shape It." Byron is a fantastic author on technology […]

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Misinformation & Disinformation: ​Technology Factors and Potential Solutions

Austin Central Library, Austin Public Library 710 W. César Chávez St., Austin, TX, United States

Join us on October 11 for this important in-person and online conversation with three leading experts who will discuss misinformation and disinformation. REGISTER NOW Digital technologies such as the Internet and World Wide Web, social media platforms, and smartphones have greatly expanded the quantity of information produced and shared by humans and its reach, with […]

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Discussion of “The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything”

Austin Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin, Austin, texas, Select a Country:

The metaverse is already here — but in such early, limited forms that it may be difficult for some to understand and imagine just how powerful and revolutionary it can—and will—be. Matthew Ball’s new book, "The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything,” is designed to open our minds to the possibilities and prepare us […]

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The Future of Electricity

Austin Energy Headquarters 4815 Mueller Blvd., Austin, TX, United States

Electricity powers our homes, businesses, and increasingly transportation. What are the most promising technology advancements in the future of electricity? What’s in the Austin Climate Equity Plan, one of the most aggressive city-based climate action roadmaps in the world? What technologies are being deployed to address local and state-wide outages of the grid? ​This moderated […]

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Discussion of “The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World”

Online via zoom TX, United States

We are all familiar with social media’s capabilities for connecting and informing people, but also the negative effects that many believe are influencing our minds, culture, and democracies. These effects run far deeper than what lies on the surface and have implications that have and will continue to change society as we know it. With […]

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How Tech Can Make 2023 More Fun (Even Business)

Austin Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin, Austin, texas, Select a Country:

Technologies play increasingly key roles in making life more entertaining, more enjoyable--more fun! Yes, they were critical in enabling us to work safely during a pandemic (and helped us mitigate it with vaccines!), but life is about more than work—and even ‘work’ should be more fun, for employees and for customers. Join us for this […]

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Discussion of the Best Tech+Society Books of 2022

Online via zoom TX, United States

The Austin Forum online book discussions--and new activity inspired by our adoption of Zoom and desire to include anyone regardless of location--have been a big success! For this month's online discussion, instead of discussing, dissecting, and debating the societal implications of technology in one book, we'll ask everyone to share their favorite recent books on […]

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Discussion of the Best Tech+Society Books of 2022

Online via zoom TX, United States

The Austin Forum online book discussions--and new activity inspired by our adoption of Zoom and desire to include anyone regardless of location--have been a big success! For this month's online discussion, instead of discussing, dissecting, and debating the societal implications of technology in one book, we'll ask everyone to share their favorite recent books on […]

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Tech Trends for 2023 (and beyond!)

Austin Central Library 710 W Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, United States

Jay Boisseau and Jay Williams are back for their annual discussion of the emerging and maturing technologies poised to have much greater impacts on industry and work, research and education, health, entertainment, transportation, and more in 2023 (and maybe a bit later, but still soon!). As always, they will share their views and other tech […]

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