I think i like to think of it as efficient a pond. Maybe there are 200 fish the side of traditional human societies, everything is going okay for a few years. Then a storm happens in the river opens up connecting that fishpond to the ocean. New fish swim upstream, the environment is fundamentally different. We are in that situation today as a society, things are changing radically. Actions have outcome at a distance and that is what link is about, the actions that we take and the decisions we make as we consider the actions in the past through which those actions become reality. How can we be responsible for the outcomes of our actions if they are invisible, if we can see the outcome of our actions, a fish in a larger ocean, we simply didnt eat all the for this situation. I am lucky i went through the computer revolution. When i was a kid computers were big old things no one could use, my mom didnt know the difference between software and hardware. We have gone through a massive democr
To City Lights Book publishers. We are thrilled to have Samuel Woolley with us celebrating a very important book called the reality game how the next wave of technology will break the truth. It is from our friends at Public Affairs books. Samuel woolley is a writer and researcher specializing in the study of ai, emergent technology, politics, persuasion and social media, assistant professor of the school of journalism and Program Director for Computational Propaganda Research at the center for media engagement at the university of texas at austin. Samuel woolley founded and directed the Digital Intelligence lab at the institute of the future, 50yearold think tank based in the heart of Silicon Valley and cofounded and directed the Research Team at the computational propaganda project at Oxford Internet institute at the university of oxford. He has written on political manipulation of technology for a variety of publications including wired, the atlantic monthly, tech crunch, the guardia
Woolley with us here tonight celebrating a very, very important new book. Its called the reality game how the next wave of technology will break the truth. It is from our friends at Public Affairs books. Dr. Woolley is a writer and researcher specializing in the study of a. I. , emergent technology, politics, persuasion and social media. He is an assistant professor in the school of journalism and Program Director for Computational Propaganda Research at the center for media engagement at the university of texas at austin. Professor woolley founded and directed the Digital Intelligence lab at the institute for the future which is a 50yearold think tank based in the heart of silicon valley. He also directed the Research Team at the computational propaganda project at the university of oxford. He has written on political manipulation of technology for a variety of publications including wired, the atlantic monthly, vice, tech crunch, the guardian and many, many others. His research has b
You are watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. We are honored to come full circle hosting not only a local author but regular customer at the bookstore and uncover tech culture and Silicon Valley news, has appeared in the atlantic, wired antimagazine and other publications. Mike isaac is a Technology Reporter at the New York Times who won the award for distinguished business reporting and write about uber and other Silicon Valley giant it appears on cnbc and msnbc. The book signing will be at the back desk right there and appreciate it if you keep the line along the wall to the far right. I need to take a photo of you. I thought there would be 20 people here. All friends. A fireside chat. If this were a congressional hearing. Be on your cspan behavior. I am not going to curse tonight, or try not to. I was thinking and you were thinking we should probably start off with moving something. I dont know if you r
Research at the center for media engagement at the university of texas at austin. Professor wally founded and directed the Digital Intelligence lab at the institute for the future which is a 50yearold think tank based in the heart of silicon valley. Also cofounded and directed Research Team at the computational propaganda product at Oxford Internet institute at the university of oxnard. Hes written on political manipulations technology for a variety of publications including wired, the atlantic monthly, vice, techcrunch, the guardian and many others. His research has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, washington post, wall street journal and also made appearances on the today show. In frontline, is presented to members of nato, u. S. Congress and uk parliament. Its a great honor to have him here with us tonight during this incredible and important research. Give him a warm welcome. [applause] hi, everyone. Great to be here. I think my bio sounds kind of fake. Cra