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The Boy Who Could Change the World - Writings of Aaron Swartz
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| With Micah Sifry (Founder, Civic Hall), David Auerbach (Tech Writer, Slate Magazine), Jed Bickman (Editor, New Press), Zephyr Teachout (Prof. Law, Fordham). All attendees receive copy of book. |
| Civic Hall, 156 Fifth Ave, 2nd Fl |
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Jan 27 (Wed) , 2016 @ 06:00 PM
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Please join us for a panel discussion on the writing and ideas of the late Aaron Swartz, documented in the newly released book The Boy Who Could Change the World, published by The New Press. Our panelists will discuss the ideas and writings of this computer genius and Internet hacktivist who, at the age of twenty-six, committed suicide while being aggressively prosecuted for downloading materials off the JSTOR database at MIT.
This event is co-sponsored by the New York Technology Council, NY Tech Meetup, and Civic Hall.
Each attendee will recieve a copy of the book (paperback) at no additional cost.
SPEAKERS
David Auerbach, Technology Writer, Slate Magazine
David B. Auerbach is the technology columnist for Slate Magazine and a fellow at New America. Previously he was a software engineer at Google and Microsoft for ten years, working primarily on server and systems infrastructure. He has also written on technology, politics, philosophy, and literature for n+1, Reuters, The Nation,The Times Literary Supplement, Bookforum, The American Reader, and elsewhere. He was nominated for a National Magazine Award in Columns and Commentary in 2014 for a series of Slate pieces on Healthcare.gov. He is currently writing a book on the impact of algorithmic and computational methods on public policy and social life, to be published by Pantheon. Auerbach is a graduate of Yale University.
Micah L. Sifry, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Civic Hall
Micah L. Sifry is co-founder and executive director of Civic Hall, NYCs community center for civic tech, launched in 2015. Since 2004 he has been co-founder and editorial director of its parent company Personal Democracy Media, curating its annual PDF conference and editing its news-site techPresident.com, both focused on the ways technology is changing politics, government and civil society. He is also a senior adviser to the Sunlight Foundation, which he helped found in 2006, and serves on the boards of Consumer Reports and the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science. He is the author or editor of eight books, most recently A Lever and a Place to Stand: How Civic Tech Can Move the World (Personal Democracy Media, 2015) and The Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasnt Changed Politics (Yet) (OR Books, 2014), and in the spring of 2012 taught The Politics of the Internet at Harvards Kennedy School. His Twitter handle is @mlsif.
Jed Bickman, Associate Editor, The New Press
Jed Bickman is an associate editor at The New Press, acquiring books on topics of environmental justice and labor, as well as select titles on the Internet, criminal justice, education, mental health, and political theory. Previous to joining The New Press, he worked as a journalist covering topics including the ecological damage of the war on drugs in Central America and Afghanistan, land conflicts in India, Occupy Wall Street, and environmental health in American cities, for outlets including The Nation The Nation Investigative Fund, Alternet, Salon.com, and TheFix.com. He holds a BA in English from Brown University and an MFA in nonfiction writing from The New School.
Zephyr Teachout, Professor of Law, Fordham University
Zephyr Teachout is an Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University. In 2014, she ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of New York, losing to incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo. In July 2015 she was named as CEO and Board chair for the US-based anti-corruption nonprofit Mayday PAC, replacing Lawrence Lessig.
ABOUT THE NEW PRESS
Founded in 1990, The New Press is a not-for-profit book publisher with a public-interest mission. The goal of The New Press is to publish books that will promote understanding and discussion of the issues that affect us all, and to provide ideas and inspiration for the activists, teachers, policymakers, and everyday citizens who are working to refresh our democracy. In its twenty-five plus years The New Press has published more than 1,000 books; in addition to The Boy Who Could Change the World, The New Press is the proud publisher of The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, the national bestseller that has changed the conversation about criminal justice and become a critical text of the Black Lives Matter movement. The New Press does its work with the help of its many supporters; please visit them at www.thenewpress.com or follow them on Facebook or Twitter @thenewpress.
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