Intelligence Squared: Be afraid, be very afraid: the robots are coming and they will destroy our livelihoods at the Emmanuel Centre

Bojana Jankovic on 16/01/15

They are coming to an office near you: job-gobbling robots that can do your work better and more cheaply than you. One in three jobs could be taken over by a computer or a robot in the next 20 years.

Mar 02

Intelligence Squared: The Extreme Present - an Evening of Self-Help for Planet Earth at the Emmanuel Centre

Bojana Jankovic on 22/01/15

Shumon Basar, writer, thinker and cultural critic, Douglas Coupland, the renowned author of Generation X, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, one of the world’s best-known curators discuss Extreme Present.

Mar 05

FutureFest at Vinopolis

Bojana Jankovic on 16/10/14

The most radical thinkers, makers & performers create an immersive experience of what the world might be like over the next few decades. Speakers include Amir Taaki, Ian Brown and Edward Snowden.

Mar 14

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Intelligence Squared: Be afraid, be very afraid: the robots are coming and they will destroy our livelihoods at the Emmanuel Centre THINK 02 Mar 19:00 at Emmanuel Centre They are coming to an office near you: job-gobbling robots that can do your work better and more cheaply than you. One in three jobs could be taken over by a computer or a robot in the next 20 years. More Info	Intelligence Squared: The Extreme Present - an Evening of Self-Help for Planet Earth at the Emmanuel Centre THINK 05 Mar 19:00 at Emmanuel Centre Shumon Basar, writer, thinker and cultural critic, Douglas Coupland, the renowned author of Generation X, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, one of the world’s best-known curators discuss Extreme Present. More Info	Abstract Art and Society at Whitechapel Gallery THINK 13 Mar 11:30 at Whitechapel Gallery An in-depth exploration of abstract art over the last 100 years, unpacking the four themes of the exhibition Adventures of the Black Square: Utopia, Architectonics, Communication & the Everyday. More Info	Green Party: The Green Economy at King's College London THINK 13 Mar 18:00 at King's College London A worldwide recession. Growing Inequality. Consumerism beyond the world’s means. What can the Green Party offer to address these ills? More Info
FutureFest at Vinopolis THINK 14 Mar 12:00 at Vinopolis The most radical thinkers, makers & performers create an immersive experience of what the world might be like over the next few decades. Speakers include Amir Taaki, Ian Brown and Edward Snowden. More Info	The future of the Arctic at the British Library THINK 16 Mar 18:30 at British Library An expert panel explores the challenges and opportunities arising from increases in Arctic activity as as sea ice diminishes and a new Arctic environment emerges. More Info	<a href='http://www.run-riot.com/ads/www/delivery/ck.php?n=aef649bf&cb=123' target='_blank'><img src='http://www.run-riot.com/ads/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=3&cb=43&n=aef649bf' border='0' alt='' /></a>
In conversation: Marcelo Brodsky with Mark Sealy at The Photographers' Gallery THINK 17 Mar 18:30 at The Photographers' Gallery Artist and political activist speaks with Mark Sealy about Visual Action - an organisation dedicated to incorporating visual culture in human rights campaigns and to work on visual education. More Info	Practice 360°: Ethics, Extremism and Compromise at Camden Arts Centre THINK 18 Mar 18:30 at Camden Arts Centre Many artists support themselves through some form of teaching - how can this approach to livelihood inform practice and vice-versa? More Info	Face to Face: Richard Cork in conversation with Morgan Quaintance at Tate Britain THINK 19 Mar 18:30 at Tate Britain What’s it like to interview an artist? At the age of 18 art writer Richard Cork met Pablo Picasso and ever since has believed that ‘talking to artists is like embarking on voyages of discovery.’ More Info	The Folio Society Lecture: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the British Library THINK 20 Mar 18:30 at British Library A rare opportunity to hear the internationally acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who will deliver the a lecture to open The Folio Prize Fiction Festival weekend. More Info

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Intelligence Squared: Be afraid, be very afraid: the robots are coming and they will destroy our livelihoods at the Emmanuel Centre

Intelligence Squared: The Extreme Present - an Evening of Self-Help for Planet Earth at the Emmanuel Centre

FutureFest at Vinopolis