Digital arts writer from the art foundation, she has been a resident, Nonfiction Program fellow. Her essays and reviews have appeared in publications by the new york times, defense wired the globe and others. She will be joined in conversation by kendra albert, a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School where they practiced law, their work reflects on technology and law covering topics like facial recognition, computer secure, online reaction and tonight they are going to discuss lurking how a person became a user. A poetic, empathetic and incisive history of the internet that will resonate with anyone who goes online to listen and learn, not shout. Joanne mcneil traces it in playful ways revealing what has been lost, what has been stolen and what utopian possibilities may still be recovered. Lurkers of the world unite. We are pleased to host this event at harvard bookstore, please join me in welcoming Joanne Mcneil and kendra albert. [applause] to start i have a brief reading. I will sta
Their work reflects on critiques, technology and law cover topics such as facial recognition, computer security, Online Harassment and freedom of expression. Theyre ask youing the new book lurking, a history of the internet that will resonate with anyone who goes online to listen and learn. Not shout and grandstands. Mcneil trait treyses the commercialization of the Digital World in unaccepted and playful ways revealing what has been lost, what stolen, and what you utonage utopian possibilities might still eaves. Join me in welcoming them. I have a really brief reading i wanted to do. Sigh read there or here or its up to you. I will just stand up. Its just a short passage that with give you a sense of the style of the book. This is in a chapter called sharing. Around the time of its first iphone launch in sorry around the time of the its first smartphone flank 2007, it was possible if unwise to talk about apple as an underdog, and adopt the corporations own narrative am holdover since
In the mic . No. Without the mic . Also no. Alexis is the deputy cto of new york city and runs a policy experiment lab, trying to get vendors to compete for who can devise the best programs to improve social welfare of the citizens of new york. An adjunct professor of tech media and communications at Columbia University and spent a couple of decade studying the issues as a doctoral student and then as a member of the staff at the u. N. Mission of the state department, and also just speaking deeply about them which is so clear from the book, which i really admire. So quick round of applause for alexis. [applause] just jump right in. This book is about what you call net states. Maybe you just want to start by taking a minute and telling us what those are and why we needed a new category. Canthank you all for coming. The pest way to straight what net states are is to talk about how i came upon the idea to right this book in the first place. So, back in 2015, there were a number of terrori
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