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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