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Skeptech is a new event discussing digital technology & its effects on our day-to-day lives - not in Luddite opposition to tech, but rather raising awareness about the challenges raised by digital technology today. Online apps & services can be addictive, they can threaten privacy, & they often manipulate users without their knowledge or consent.
To dive deeper, Skeptech will feature tech experts who will speak about "the dark side of tech" that they have witnessed in their own fields. Between the speaker presentations & audience participation, Skeptech's goal is to "gel" some diverse perspectives while offering some ideas & inspiration for next steps: how to choose better tools, & perhaps even how to create better tech in the future.
WFMU Benefit: 100% of Skeptech ticket sales will go to WFMU to benefit the station & its free-form programming.
Speakers will feature...
DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF, writer, documentarian, & lecturer whose work focuses on human autonomy in a digital age. He's the author of 15 bestselling books on media, technology, & society - most recently, "Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus" - & is the creator & host of the Team Human podcast
Rushkoff is Professor of Media Theory & Digital Economics at CUNY/Queens & technology & media commentator for CNN.
NATASHA DOW SCHLL is a cultural anthropologist & associate professor in the Department of Media, Culture, & Communication at New York University. Her recent book, "Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas," draws on research among compulsive gamblers & the designers of slot machines to explore the relationship between technology design & the experience of addiction. Her next book, "Keeping Track" (expected late 2018) concerns the rise of digital self-tracking technologies.
VICKI BOYKIS is a data scientist examining the intersection of technology & the humanities, particularly with regards to data privacy & content creation. She writes on the impact of data & technology on the human condition & has been published in Offscreen Magazine, the Forward, & Lilith. She's also currently working on Ironed Curtains, a project chronicling the experience of former Soviet immigrants in the United States.
KEN FREEDMAN is the Station Manager of WFMU (wfmu.org), the longest running & most renowned freeform radio station in the United States. Freedman also developed WFMU's internet presence: WFMU was the first radio station to offer full on-demand listening, podcasts, & a working iPhone stream. He recently founded Congera PBC which is developing the Audience Engine, an open source platform for small & medium sized broadcasters & journalists.
LIZ BERG is the Assistant General Manager at WFMU (wfmu.org). In addition to hosting a weekly radio show & podcast, Liz oversees the station's operations, web development projects, & more. Alongside WFMU Station Manager Ken Freedman, Liz has recently been hard at work as a Product Manager for Audience Engine, a suite of open-source software tools to help media makers build community & crowdfund online.
MARK HURST (host of Skeptech) has spent his career consulting, writing, & speaking about how to create digital tech that benefits users more. Hurst is the founder & host of the Gel conference, which featured the first stage presentations of Khan Academy & Wikipedia, & is the creator of the Good Todo mobile productivity platform. His books "Bit Literacy" & "Customers Included" introduced the world to the empty inbox method (now known as Inbox Zero), & made the case for companies to treat customers better.
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