PAUL MASON<\/p>\n
CLEAR, BRIGHT FUTURE
\nA RADICAL DEFENCE OF HUMANISM<\/p>\n
Imagine handing over control of large parts of your life to a computer programme that is said to regulate coexistence more effectively than any state. What may seem unthinkable to many turns out to be a bitter reality if you replace \u00bbcomputer programme\u00ab with \u00bbmarket\u00ab. While capitalism used to go hand in hand with liberal freedoms, under rulers such as Putin or Trump it is taking on increasingly authoritarian traits. If they are now also able to utilise the possibilities of artificial intelligence and digital surveillance, humans as autonomous beings are in danger.
\nIn order to save the values of the Enlightenment for the future, Paul Mason presents a radical defence of humanism. Drawing on Karl Marx's early writings, he sketches a picture of man as both a self-determined and communal being. Mason takes us to the sites of past and present struggles for dignity and justice, from the Paris Commune to austerity-stricken Greece and the protests of indigenous activists on the archipelago of New Caledonia. According to Mason, the heirs of the women and men on the barricades of yesteryear are the networked individuals of today.<\/p>\n
Moderator: Robert Misik, author and journalist<\/p>\n
Paul Mason, born in Leigh in 1960, is an English author and award-winning television journalist. He worked for many years for the BBC and Channel 4 News and writes regularly for the Guardian.<\/p>\n
The event will be held in English.<\/p>\n
Paul Mason: Clear, bright future. A radical defence of humanism<\/em> PAUL MASON KLARE, LICHTE ZUKUNFT EINE RADIKALE VERTEIDIGUNG DES HUMANISMUS Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie geben die Kontrolle \u00fcber gro\u00dfe Teile Ihres Lebens an ein Computerprogramm ab, von dem es hei\u00dft, es regele das Zusammenleben effektiver als jeder Staat. Was vielen als undenkbar erscheinen mag, erweist sich als bittere Realit\u00e4t, wenn man \u00bbComputerprogramm\u00ab durch \u00bbMarkt\u00ab […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4152,"template":"","format":[29],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"schwerpunkt":[42],"class_list":["post-4151","kreisky_event","type-kreisky_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schwerpunkt-arbeit-wirtschaft-und-soziales","format-podiumsdiskussion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nTranslated from the English by Stephan Gebauer<\/em>
\nSuhrkamp, May 2019, ISBN: 978-3-518-42860-3; 28,80 \u20ac<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"