The Future of Democracy Working Group at the Institute for Public Knowledge and the GovLab at NYU invite you to a conversation between Eric Klinenberg and Beth Simone Noveck. We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn’t seen since the…
RSVPNYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to join for the launch of Jonathan Metzl’s new book Dying of Whiteness, forthcoming from Basic Books, featuring the author in conversation with Alondra Nelson. With the rise of the Tea Party and the election of Donald Trump, many middle- and lower-income white Americans threw their support behind conservative…
RSVPNYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to the first event of our series on “Co-Opting AI.” This discussion, featuring Solon Barocas, Meredith Broussard, Finn Brunton, and Mona Sloane, debunks the fear that “the robots are coming.” It takes the case of AI to explore what (algorithmic) machines and technology can and cannot do, and how this…
RSVPNYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to join for the launch of Harvey Molotch and Davide Ponzini’s new book The New Arab Urban: Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress, forthcoming from NYU Press, featuring the editors in conversation with Arang Keshavarzian, Bob Beauregard, and Anne Rademacher. Shining special light on Dubai, Abu Dhabi,…
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