A Communications Forum featuring authors Hanya Yanagihara and Alan Lightman and moderator Seth Mnookin.
Science in Fiction
Hanya Yanagihara, Alan Lightman, and Rebecca Goldstein discuss the unique challenges of respecting the exacting standards of science in fictional texts.
Gregory Heyworth: “Textual Science and the Future of the Past”
Textual Science, as Gregory Heyworth argues, is poised to change the established order of things. With images of recovered works, many previously unseen, this talk will chart the way ahead in theory and praxis.
Alchemists and Mad Scientists: from Faust to Dr. Strangelove
We will trace the development in mass media of the evolution of alchemists into mad scientists, using the films “Faust,” “Metropolis,” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” and “Dr. Strangelove” as our texts.
Cultural Production and Social Media as Capture Platforms: How the Matrix Has You
Hector Postigo’s presentation develops a framework for understanding how social media’s technical feature-sets create a system of capture and conversion.
Video: A Conversation with Sherry Turkle
Sherry Turkle, author most recently of Alone, Together, discusses her darkening view of our digitizing world and her sense of the culture of MIT.
Podcast: “A Conversation with Sherry Turkle”
Eminent MIT professor Sherry Turkle, author most recently of Alone, Together, discusses her darkening view of our digitizing world.
