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This event was rescheduled due to the Great Blizzard (Winter Storm Hernando). We look forward to hosting you on April 13th.
Long before we were debating the ethics of Agentic AI or the security of edge systems, The Twilight Zone was exploring these same dilemmas on a black & white screen.
Between 1959 & 1964, the popular show served as a speculative sandbox for the postwar technological boom. It provided a roadmap for both the shining promises & the darker corners of innovation that we are currently navigating in 2026.
It provided early evidence of how humans would eventually interact with complex, connected ecosystems.
Join author & designer Arlen Schumer - the creator of Visions from The Twilight Zone & the new book The Five Themes of The Twilight Zone - as he examines more than a dozen classic episodes that brilliantly anticipated the technological struggles of our own century.
In collaboration with the National Arts Club & its Art & Technology Committee, this is a specialized opportunity to hear directly from an expert whose work sits at the intersection of historical media, hardware deconstruction, & the architectural foundations of our modern tech stack; helping technologists understand how to present & build systems with code, data, & machine logic.
What You Will Learn
Autonomous Logic: How the series predicted the sensor-heavy ecosystems required for machine decision-making & smart city infrastructure.
Deconstructed Hardware: Identifying the shift from single-purpose devices to the personal digital ecosystems of wearables & haptics we use today.
Intelligence as Disruption: Connecting early speculative tech to the current rise of Agentic AI models & industrial automation.
Reserve your spot & arrive early. Space is limited.
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