Bill McKibben and Sue Halpern August 14, 2021
On August 14, 2021, The New Marlborough Meeting House was pleased to host two of America’s preeminent journalists for a two-part talk about the topics that are changing the world right now, and promise to define our future: climate change and technology.
The Future You Can Have: Your smart speaker isn't smart; artificial intelligence isn't intelligence. Yet we use technology more than ever before, and it is rapidly changing how we live and who we are. It is imperative that we come to terms with these devices, and understand what they really do for us and for those around us. Author and New Yorker-staff writer Sue Halpern presented her vision of our relationship with technology, and what it means for the future of humanity and our world.
The Future You Don’t Want: Environmental activist Bill McKibben has been writing, warning and educating about the risks from climate change for decades. He has emerged as America’s most powerful voice on this most pressing subject, and has led the movement to reduce carbon emissions not only by the pen but also by his actions. McKibben discussed where we stand today in the climate crisis, and the prospects for heading off as much damage as we still can.
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Journalists Bill McKibben, Sue Halpern to speak in New Marlborough on Saturday by Danny Jin | Berkshire Eagle | 08.12.2021
”A new series of conversations hosted by the New Marlborough Meeting House kicks off Saturday with a visit from Bill McKibben, a leading climate activist, and Sue Halpern, a prominent voice on technology and politics.
Known for his 1989 book “The End of Nature,” one of the first to address climate change, McKibben co-founded climate campaign 350.org and has become one of the most recognizable members of the climate movement. Halpern, who earned a doctorate in political theory from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, has written several books and now writes for The New Yorker as a staff writer. Both are affiliated with Middlebury College in Vermont, where they live…”