Inventions of Desire: A Moviegoer’s Guide to the Future
March 30 at 7:00 p.m.
We are living in the most technologically advanced time in human history. Driven by a near-insatiable desire for invention, we are reprogramming biology, creating machines that think for themselves, and even redesigning ourselves in ways that far transcend our evolutionary roots. We are on a roller-coaster of invention that is, quite literally, the ride of our lives. And the faster we go, the harder it’s getting to keep to the tracks.
Drawing on his new book Films from the Future and featuring clips from movies that include 2001: A Space Odyssey, Jurassic Park, Transcendence, and Contact, Andrew Maynard will take you on a journey into our “inventions of desire,” and the challenges and opportunities they present as we strive to build a better future.