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⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Human Use of Human Beings’ by Norbert Wiener

Name: ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Human Use of Human Beings’ by Norbert Wiener
Start: 2023-12-05T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2023-12-05T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)

December 5, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Flyer with an illustration of two people trapped inside a gear, with the following text: Neo-Luddite Reading Group / Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday @ 6:30 PM / First book: Resisting AI by Dan McQuillan / Iffy Books / 319 N. 11th St. #21, PHL / More info: victorgom.es/neoluddite Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday @ 6:30 PM / 319 N. 11th St. #21, PHL / More info: victorgom.es/neoluddite

Our current book for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group is The Human Use of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener (1950, revised 1954). On Tuesday, December 5th we’re meeting to discuss chapter 8 through the end of the book.

Meetup link

After this book we’ll read Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin (could maybe pair it with chapters from Artificial Whiteness, unless we just feel like reading it in its entirety in the future.

Details

Date:: December 5, 2023
Time:: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Venue

: Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.)
: 319 N. 11th St. #2I
Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States
Phone: 2153953956
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Organizer

: Iffy Books
Phone: 2153953956
Email: iffybooks@iffybooks.net