About us
Welcome to the Nottingham Humanist Book Club!
We read and meet to discuss thought-provoking books on topics related to the humanist outlook on life: philosophy, science, ecology, ethics, politics.
Everybody's welcome to participate, even if you're not a member of Humanists UK. Meet like-minded individuals who share an interest in critical thinking, rationalism, and humanism.
We'll explore thought-provoking ideas in a friendly and welcoming environment.
We hope to see you at our next meeting!
Upcoming events
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"Patriarchy Inc." by Cordelia Fine
Beeston Library, Foster Ave, Beeston, NG9 1AE, Nottingham, GBThis month book is "Patriarchy Inc." by Cordelia Fine.
We will meet in Room Bee 3 in Beeston Library to discuss the book. Please come along even if you haven't read it: it's an occasion to discuss humanist issues and meet other people interested in humanism.
You don't need to have read the book to come to the meeting, you just need to have an interest in the topic and in humanist values.
Please support Nottingham Humanists by registering and giving a donation on the events page.
Description:
The most lucrative industries are male-dominated – yet half of men think they’re the ones being discriminated against.
Post #MeToo, we’re all committed to stamping out sexual harassment – but not to changing the conditions that foster it.
Women work more hours than men and accumulate less wealth – while many children want more time with their dad.Inequality in the workplace impacts all areas of our lives, from health and self-development to economic security and family life. But, despite the world’s richest countries’ long-avowed commitments to gender equality, there is still so much to fix – and so much we don’t see.
With perceptive and razor-sharp insight, award-winning author Cordelia Fine reveals how the status quo – Patriarchy Inc. – is harming us all, in our working lives and beyond. Drawing on social and cultural history, examples from hunter-forager societies to high finance and the latest thinking in evolutionary science, she dismantles the existing, inadequate visions for gender equality and charts an inspiring path towards a fairer and freer society.
4 attendees
The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
Beeston Library, Foster Ave, Beeston, NG9 1AE, Nottingham, GBThis month book is "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" by Cory Doctorow.
We will meet in Room Bee 3 in Beeston Library to discuss the book. Please come along even if you haven't read it: it's an occasion to discuss humanist issues and meet other people interested in humanism.
You don't need to have read the book to come to the meeting, you just need to have an interest in the topic and in humanist values.
Please support Nottingham Humanists by registering and giving a donation on the events page.
Description:
From the journalist and bestselling author of Enshittification and The Internet Con comes a brilliantly framed and powerful investigation into the impact of AI on our lives and why we should ask not only what the technology does but who it is doing it for - and to.Whether you want to criticise, kill, or use AI, you have to get through the hype and uncover the real story. Start with labour: in automation theory, a centaur is a person who chooses to use technology to help them do the things that matter to them. A reverse centaur is a person who has been conscripted to serve as a helper for a machine, at an inhuman, machine pace: a driver made to deliver all day long, nonstop; a warehouse worker made to work without food or bathroom breaks; a programmer made to crank out impossible amounts of code. As Doctorow says: it's not enough to ask what the technology does - we have to understand who it's doing it for and who it's doing it to.
2 attendees
Past events
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