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SUMMARY:Brett Frischmann: Re-Engineering Humanity - Brett Frischmann\, Vil
 lanova University
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CONTACT:Trust & Technology Initiative team
DESCRIPTION:Humans have been shaped by technology since the dawn of time. 
 Yet techno-social engineering of humans exists on an unprecedented scale a
 nd scope\, and it is only growing more pervasive as we embed networked sen
 sors in our public and private spaces\, our devices\, our clothing\, and o
 urselves.\n\nBrett Frischmann will examine how digital networked technolog
 ies affect our humanity. Instead of focusing on the doomsday scenario of s
 uper-intelligent\, sentient AI enslaving humans\, Frischmann will focus on
  how we engineer ourselves\, how we outsource critical thinking to suppose
 dly smart tech\, and in doing so\, risk deskilling ourselves. In short\, F
 rischmann is less concerned with the engineering of intelligent machines t
 han the engineering of unintelligent humans.\n\nHe will consider questions
  such as: When and how do humans become programmable? Can we detect when t
 his happens? How will we evaluate it? What makes us human? What about bein
 g human matters?\n\nThe discussion will be followed by a drinks reception.
  Registration is essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brett-frischman
 n-re-engineering-humanity-tickets-59571932253\n\n \n\nBrett Frischmann is 
 the Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law\, Business and Econ
 omics\, Villanova University\, an affiliated scholar of the Center for Int
 ernet and Society at Stanford Law School\, and a trustee for the Nexa Cent
 er for Internet & Society\, Politecnico di Torino. He teaches courses in i
 ntellectual property\, Internet law\, and technology policy. Frischmann is
  a prolific author\, whose articles have appeared in numerous leading acad
 emic journals. He also has published important books on the relationships 
 between infrastructural resources\, governance\, commons\, and spillovers\
 , including Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources (Oxford U
 niversity Press\, 2012)\, Governing Knowledge Commons (Oxford University P
 ress\, 2014\, with Michael Madison and Katherine Strandburg)\, and Governi
 ng Medical Knowledge Commons (Cambridge University Press\, Winter 2017\, w
 ith Michael Madison and Katherine Strandburg). \n\n \n\nReviews for 'Re-En
 gineering Humanity':\n\n"Re-Engineering Humanity brings a pragmatic if som
 ewhat dystopic perspective to the technological phenomena of our age. Huma
 ns are learning machines and we learn from our experiences. This book made
  me ask myself whether the experiences we are providing to our societies a
 re in fact beneficial in the long run." - Vint Cerf\, Co-Inventor of the I
 nternet\n\n"Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger cogently argue that our Fit
 bit\, Echo\, Android\, and game console\, our Facebook pages\, Google sear
 ches\, Amazon and Netflix profiles give far less than they take. With tiny
 \, almost imperceptible steps\, we have entered into a bargain with socio-
 technical engineers of the digital age that literally drains our humanity 
 and is imperiling freedom\, autonomy\, and other precious values fundament
 al to meaningful human existence. ... this disquieting book is about the b
 ig picture. All of us should read it and decide\, deliberately\, if this i
 s a future we want for ourselves and our children." - Helen Nissenbaum\, P
 rofessor of Information Science\, Cornell Tech\, and author of Privacy in 
 Context: Technology\, Policy\, and the Integrity of Social Life\n\n"A magn
 ificent achievement. Writing in the tradition of Neil Postman\, Jacque Ell
 ul and Marshall McLuhan\, this book is the decade's deepest and most power
 ful portrayal of the challenges to freedom created by our full embrace of 
 comprehensive techno-social engineering. A rewarding and stimulating book 
 that merits repeated readings and may also cause you to reconsider how you
  live life." -Tim Wu\, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law\, Co
 lumbia Law School and author of The Attention Merchants
LOCATION:Faculty of Law Room LG17
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