A reading group for hopeful technologists
A gentle, shared space to come together as an act of hopeful resistance and solidarity building. This is an experiment, and if it's a success perhaps we can do it once a month.
It gets a bit lonely sometimes, trying to contribute to a world where progressive and ethical approaches to technology are the norm. Rather than letting the brotopia grind you down, come along and spend an hour with some other curious folk who want to build new networks and spaces for possibility.
Who's it for?
People who work in, make, study or just spend too much time thinking about technology, who want to build and shape equitable alternatives to the techno-optimistic AI brotopia.
What will we do?
For this first one, let's make it a reading group - come along having read Ruha Benjamin's Imagination: A Manifesto and we'll spend an hour talking about the book. Perhaps come with an idea of something else you'd recommend to the group. It might be another reading, a piece of music, a work of art, a video, but it's not a competition.
How will it be organised?
Who knows idea how many people will want to come, but if we have more than 12* then let's go into break out groups. If you just want to be quiet and listen then that will be fine.
There are many excellent prompts in this discussion guide and inspiration for play and discovery in the Imagination Playbook created by Dr Ariana Brazer. If you want to lead a group through some virtual play, let us know!
Places you can buy the hardback book: LRB Bookshop | Afrori Books | Blackwell’s (where it is weirdly much more expensive, delivery in 2-3 weeks). Update there aren’t many hardback books left ahead of the paperback release later in March, but if you use an e-reader you can get the book from Kobo.
*(It looks like we’ll have a LOT more than 12 people.)