Replacing Nature with a Synthetic World with Christopher Preston

Location

Virtual Event

Date

Sep 01 2020
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Time

5:45 pm - 7:00 pm

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Virtual

Replacing Nature with a Synthetic World with Christopher Preston

We live in the moment when “pristine nature” is permanently blinking out of existence. The most dramatic aspect of this distinctive moment in history, however, is the arrival of new technologies that promise even deeper transformations of the world around us. From here onwards, technologies like nanotechnology, synthetic biology, and climate engineering will transform our planet into an increasingly synthetic whole. Christopher Preston shows how many of these nature-replacing technologies may be necessary, but also how they may risk cutting us loose from the things that keep us sane.

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