‘Nones’ in the movement: Tippett, Schneider discuss religion, Occupy Wall Street
The question is not whether or not God exists, Nathan Schneider said, but what is your relationship with God?
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Schneider to bring Occupy Wall Street to conversation
Nathan Schneider, author and editor of two online publications, Waging Nonviolence and Killing the Buddha, and Tippett, host of public radio’s “On Being,” will speak at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy. Week Seven’s Interfaith Lecture theme is “Conversations on the American Consciousness.”
Estroff treks through digital realm hand-in-hand with her children
Rules are harder to break when they’re God’s rules.
Johnson suggests a return to some prior notions of privacy
Personal discipline regulates privacy. In a technological and global world, citizens judge each other on appearance and an abundance of free speech, available on a variety of platforms. This means the populace must be conscious of what it puts forth, so it can keep some level of control over how much people see of individuals.
Mirsky to advise ‘practicing dignity’ in modern age
Before one can understand privacy, he has to tackle another issue — understanding whose privacy it is he is trying to understand.
Singer argues for need to understand cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is not just an issue for the IT crowd.
Johnson to discuss ‘present public confusion’ between privacy and individualism
Although technological developments have created a more interactive, engaged world than ever before, Luke Timothy Johnson will argue today’s society is much more private than ancient ones — and there are many lessons about privacy to be learned by looking to the past.
Rosen examines Constitution’s place in today’s privacy debate
Jeffrey Rosen works in constitutional heaven. The CEO and president of the National Constitution Center lives out what he called his life’s passion, discussing and moderating dialogue on modern constitutional arguments. Rosen will speak at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater, beginning this week’s morning lecture series on “The Ethics of Privacy.”
LaRoche brings inspirational comedy act and songs to Amphitheater tonight
“It’s got to be me,” Loretta LaRoche sings as she ogles herself in a handheld mirror on stage, a jazz quartet playing in the background. It’s a new parody song she’s been working on — bringing together the absurdity of everyday life and American jazz music in a hilarious combination. The piece comments on the selfie outbreak among millennials in a spoof of the classic “It Had To Be You,” made famous by Frank Sinatra.
COMMENTARY: Institution must recognize importance of technology
Throughout the 2013 Season, select speakers at Chautauqua Institution — specifically chaplains in residence — have cast technological innovation in a pessimistic light. But it is not the criticism of smartphones and video games that is problematic. Rather, it is the sheer lack of a response to this criticism which serves as a reminder: The Institution has historically offered very little programming on technology and culture.
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