Tech Agnosticism for a Better Future – with Greg Epstein

Tech Agnostic: an exploration of global technology worship, and a measured case for skepticism and agnosticism.

Long Now Boston, Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Greg M. Epstein—Humanist Chaplain at Harvard & MIT—for a discussion of his new book Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation. He will be joined in conversation by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein—Associate Professor of Physics and Core Faculty Member in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of New Hampshire.

We’re proud and excited to welcome Greg and Chanda to the Long Now Boston community.

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Greg M. Epstein serves as the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University, and also serves the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as humanist chaplain and as Convener for Ethical Life at the MIT Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life. For nearly two decades, he has built a unique career as one of the world’s most prominent humanist chaplains — professionally trained members of the clergy who support the ethical and communal lives of nonreligious people.

Described as a “godfather to the [humanist] movement” by The New York Times Magazine, Epstein was also named “one of the top faith and moral leaders in the United States” by Faithful Internet, a project coordinated by the United Church of Christ with assistance from the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, for his efforts to bring together atheists, agnostics, and allies, as part of an ancient and ever-evolving ethical tradition that can be called humanism. As Greg believes deeply: in a changing world where faith in humankind has become more difficult to maintain, it is more important than ever to fight for our common humanity, and for each other.

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (she/her) is Associate Professor of Physics and Core Faculty Member in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of New Hampshire. Her scientific work lives at the intersection of particle physics, cosmology, and astrophysics, and while she is primarily a theoretical researcher, she maintains strong ties to observational astronomy. She was a topical convener for Dark Matter: Cosmic Probes in the Snowmass 2021 process, and she is lead axion wrangler for the NASA STROBE-X Probe Concept Study. She wants to understand the biggest story there is: the origin and history of the universe. She is also a theorist of Black feminist science studies, and in 2022 I launched the Cite Black Women+ in Physics and Astronomy Bibliography.