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Author and Media Critic Douglas Rushkoff Speaks at Panel Discussion on The Impact of Technology
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- Location:
- Business Center
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- Auditorium
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PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY
Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now and a leading commentator on the ways that technology is transforming modern life, will speak at the culminating event of the University of Baltimore’s Ampersand Institute for Words & Images series, “The Impact of Technology,” on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the M. Scot Kaufman Auditorium in the William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center, 11 W. Mt. Royal Ave. Rushkoff’s talk “The New Education Race: From Sputnik to Twitter,” is free and open to the public. A panel discussion including previous speakers from the “Impact of Technology” series will follow Dr. Rushkoff’s talk and the event will conclude with a reception and book signing in the Business Center atrium. Copies of Present Shock will be available for purchase.
The previous four discussions:
WHAT IS DESIGN, AND WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
IS THE WORLD A BETTER OR MORE DANGEROUS PLACE BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA?
CAN THE ECONOMY SURVIVE THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM?
HAS THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IMPROVED THE PRACTICE OF LAW?
- Contact Name:
- Jaye Crooks
- Contact Email:
- jcrooks@ubalt.edu
- Contact Phone:
- 410.837.6022
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