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Reboot: A City Is Not A Computer ft. Shannon Mattern

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PST/PDT
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Shannon Mattern is a Professor of Anthropology at The New School whose research and writing focuses on urban data, design, and media. Her newest book, A City Is Not A Computer, criticizes techno-solutionist approaches to urban design and calls for us to embrace cities in all their diversity and complexity.

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This event series is hosted and managed by Reboot, which is an event series and newsletter that convenes book-lovers, writers, and technologists to imagine the future of technology, humanity, and power.

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