JRS participated in a series of events at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival organized by the Institute of Art and Ideas in Hay-on-Wye. HowTheLightGetsIn is the world’s largest festival of philosophy and music.

JRS delivered a keynote address on The Tech Crisis (produced in association with Audio Note) about how the technologies we hoped would support freedom are increasingly threatening it.

JRS also participated in a panel on AI and Creativity (organized in collaboration with New Humanist magazine) as well as a panel on the elusive relationship between truth and the written word.

You can also read his interview with New Humanist magazine conducted in advance of the festival.

 

 

May 27, 2024 – JRS speaks at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival