That's Debatable: Your Smartphone Has Hijacked Your Life

New America Foundation
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
6:00pm - 7:30pm
http://newamerica.net/events/2013/the_smartphone_has_hijacked_your_life

Smartphones put the world at your fingertips. With a seemingly endless supply of apps, you can get a date, scout out the best restaurant in town, and pull up the fastest route to the dinner table, all in a matter of seconds. The services behind apps like these seek to give you the best experience, tailored to your specific tastes. But are they reducing our experiences to ones dictated by algorithms? Should we worry about living the mediated life, or embrace it?

Participants

Christine Rosen
Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation
Senior Editor, The New Atlantis

Daniel Sarewitz
Co-director, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University
Professor of Science and Society, Arizona State University

...No it hasn't!

Marvin Ammori
Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation
Author, On Internet Freedom

Miriam Warren
Vice President of New Markets, Yelp

“That’s Debatable” is a new debate series hosted by the New America Foundation. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.