Happening Now in the Inkwell
New York Times reporter and author John Markoff in discussion with Howard Rheingold about his new bio, ‘Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand‘, January 24 – Feb. 6, 2023.
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Coming in February
Authors and apology experts Susan McCarthy and Marjorie Ingall in discussion with media personality Angie Coiro about their ‘Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case For Good Apologies‘ Feb. 28 – March 13, 2023.
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Ben Tarnoff: Internet For The People
Starting August 2, 2022
Technology writer Ben Tarnoff joins a conversation about his book, “Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future” about how and why the Internet is broken, and how to fix it by deprivatizing, creating an Internet where people, not profit, rule. A solution calls for shrinking the space of the market and diminishing the power of the profit motive. It calls for abolishing the walled gardens of Google, Facebook, and the other giants that dominate our digital lives and developing publicly and cooperatively owned alternatives that encode real democratic control. To build a better internet, we need to change how it is owned and organized.
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June 24 – July 22, 2022
Kevin Driscoll – Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media
Author and media studies professor Kevin Driscoll discusses his book “Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media,“a history of bulletin board systems (BBSs) and early grassroots networks that preceded the privatization and commercialization of the Internet. Kevin argues that “the modem world” of BBSs was as relevant as ARPANET to the creation of the Internet we have today, if not more so. It’s fitting that we’re having this discussion on The WELL, which began as a BBS based in the Bay Area.
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