Public debate as part of the Battle of Ideas festival: Can technology set you free?
Thursday 22 November, 7.00pm until 9.00pm, Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DG
Prometheus was severely punished for giving fire and the arts to mankind, but his loss of liberty was our gain. Just what though is the relationship between technology and freedom? Did washing machines liberate women, or was it feminists who demanded washing machines? In what senses are we – in a gadget-filled world – freer today than 50 or 500 years ago? What might it mean, even, when we talk of being made free?
There is a great line up of speakers: Dr Mo Ibrahim, Dr Aleks Krotoski, Professor Andy Miah, Dr Martyn Thomas, Professor Judy Wajcman, James Woudhuysen
Tickets £5/£3.
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