The Future of Humanity: Scientific and Humanistic Perspectives
/A two-day virtual conference bringing together scientists and humanists to discuss our collective future from different perspectives, moderated by ICE@Dartmouth Director Marcelo Gleiser
Day 1: Friday, June 18, 2021
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Human Rights Activist and Author
“Was Allan Bloom Right about the Closing of the American Mind?”
Sue Halpern, Author and Scholar-in-Residence, Middlebury College
“It’s Time to Stop Calling Your Phone Smart”
Adam Frank, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Rochester
“Beyond the Blind Spot: Science, Culture, and a New Way Forward”
Bill McKibben, Author, Educator, and Environmentalist
“What Kind of Hot Water Have We Gotten Ourselves Into? And How Do We Get Out?”
Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
“Ethics and the Future of Humanity”
Day 2: Saturday, June 19, 2021
Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom, Trinity College, Cambridge University
“On the Future”
John Haldane, Professor of Moral Philosophy Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews; Professor of Virtue Theory, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham; Professor of Philosophy of Education, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
“Understanding Humans – A Fruitful Ambiguity”
Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction Writer
Mary Flanagan, Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities, Dartmouth College
“Love in the Glitch: Humanizing the Future”
A two-day virtual conference bringing together scientists and humanists to discuss our collective future from different perspectives, moderated by ICE@Dartmouth Director Marcelo Gleiser
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