Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Seeing through technology hype

"Stop following the news until you've read Gemma Milne's persuasive analysis of the hype and bullshit that distort our understanding of emerging science. As she shows, the starting point to grasping the genuine opportunities of AI, life sciences and climate tech is a healthy dose of critical thinking."

These words from David Rowan, founding editor of WIRED UK, encourage us all to pay attention to the recommendations in Smoke and Mirrors, https://www.gemmamilne.co.uk/book - the forthcoming new book by science and technology journalist Gemma Milne, https://www.gemmamilne.co.uk/

This 90 minute London Futurists live webinar features Gemma Milne in discussion with:

*) Jack Stilgoe, Science & Technology Studies at UCL, and Fellow of Turing Institute, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/people/dr-jack-stilgoe
*) Jenny Kleeman, Journalist, author, and filmmaker, https://www.jennykleeman.com/

The webinar will be moderated by David Wood, Chair of London Futurists.

Attendees will be welcome to raise questions and vote to prioritise questions raised by others.

The webinar will start at 7pm UK time (BST) on Monday 20th April. To find the start time in other timezones, use https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20200420T180000&p1=136

You are advised to log into Crowdcast up to 10 minutes ahead of time, so you won't miss the start of the live broadcast. You'll be able to exchange text messages with other attendees as soon as you arrive.

There is no charge to register or to attend this webinar.

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To register and attend this event, visit https://www.crowdcast.io/e/beyond-smoke-and-mirrors

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