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Cory Doctorow
| What | Lecture |
|---|---|
| When |
2007-03-08 from 18:00 to 19:30 |
| Where | Fletcher Challenge Theatre, SFU Vancouver, 515 West Hastings Street |
| Contact Name | Barry Shell |
| Contact Email | shell@sfu.ca |
| Contact Phone | 778-782-3125 |
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Electronic freedom fighter and science fiction writer Cory Doctorow will give two free public lectures at Simon Fraser University, March 8 and 9.
Cory Doctorow is the award-winning author of science fiction novels such as Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. He is also a committed activist fighting against corporate copyright abuse. He co-edits Boing Boing (boingboing.net), arguably the most popular blog in the world with more than two million unique visitors per day. In January 2007 Doctorow was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 25 “Web Celebrities” and one of the World Economic Forum’s “Young Global Leaders.”
Doctorow served as European Affairs Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and currently holds the Canada-US Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. A Canadian, Doctorow grew up in Toronto and though he now teaches at USC, he dropped out of four universities without ever obtaining a degree. Website: craphound.com
The talk is presented by the Faculty of Applied Sciences' Leonardo Institute, a non-credit graduate program that examines the risks, uncertainties, ethics, and art of applied science.
Doctorow's topic is The Totalitarian Urge: total information awareness and the cosmic billiards. “It’s about how technology changes the way we view social problems,” says Doctorow. “Older mechanical technologies make us see the world as deterministic, knowable and manipulable. New emergent technologies like the Internet teach us that control is an illusion, the universe is out of control and laughing at us, and that the more we watch and control, the more problems we have.”
The lecture will be presented twice:
Thursday March 8 at 6:00pm in the Fletcher Challenge theatre at SFU Vancouver (515 West Hastings St.) Free. Seating is limited. Reservations, 604-291-5100.
Friday March 9 at 3:30pm at SFU Burnaby in Academic Quadrangle, C9001. Free. Arrive early to ensure a seat.
Two informal seminars will also be held where student and faculty participants can present their work for discussion with Doctorow and the group.