now joanne mcneil, author of "lurking: how a person became a user," describes how internet use shiftedfrom being individualistic, spontaneous and voluntary to being data and advertising driven and dominated by corporations. >> joanne mcneil with the fellowship award for emerging digital arts writer from the art foundation, she has been a resident, nonfiction program fellow. her essays and reviews have appeared in publications by the new york times, defense wired the globe and others. she will be joined in conversation by kendra albert, a lecturer on law at harvard law school where they practiced law, their work reflects on technology and law covering topics like facial recognition, computer secure, online reaction and tonight they are going to discuss "lurking: how a person became a user". a poetic, empathetic and incisive history of the internet that will resonate with anyone who goes online to listen and learn, not shout. joanne mcneil traces it in playful ways revealing what has been lost, what has been stolen and what utopian possibilities may still be recovered. lurkers of the wor

our first speaker is joanne mcneil, author of "lurking," the inaugural winner of the art foundation's art writing award for an emerging writer, resident at ivy, logan nonfiction program fellow and instructor. our next speaker will be -- sorry. hang on. sorry. i had the video open on my computer and sending my own words back to me. it was very confusing. our second speaker will be charlton mcilwain, author of "black software," the internet and racial justice. the vice provost of faculty engagement at new york university and professor of media communication at nyu steinberg school, our final speaker is author of the "new laws of robotics," robert citino from the yale information society project. so take it away, joann. >> i'm happy to be on this panel with two others i really appreciate and a topic i'm sure we have so much to say about. there is something of a history. there are many things to look at and representative of missed opportunities. i wanted to focus on ten or 12 years ago, the time of the great recession, major financial crisis and how it was a unique opportunity for tech c

never cynical joanne mcneil trayce insightful ways. for what has been and what has been stolen and what utopian possibilities might still be discovered. we are so pleased to host this event here at harvard bookstore tonight, please welcome me joining joanne mcneil and kendra alberts. [applause] i thought to start i have a really brief reading i'd like to do? should i read there? or here? or see that it's up to you. smack i will stand up it's just a short passage but it will give you a sense of the style of the book. this is in a chapter called sharing. around the time of its first iphone launch -- sorry, around the time of its first smart phone launch into thousand seven, it was possible, if unwise, to talk about apple as an underdog. and adopt the corporations own narrative, a holdover 1984 inspired super bowl commercial directed by scott featuring a spy bond braun racing to attack with a sledgehammer. ten years later is ninth on the list. between berkshire hathaway and exxon mobil. with the iphone, apple was off the bases in 2010 and

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we are so pleased to host the event here please join me in welcoming joanne mcneil. [applause] >> to start i have a brief reading. just a short passage this is a chapter called sharing. around the time of its first launch, sorry, around the time of its first smartphone launch in 2007 it wasn't to talk about it as an underdog in its own narrative the holdover inspired super bowl commercials to it by ridley scott featuring to attack big brother with a sledgehammer. in 2007, apple was ranked 367 on the global 500. ten years later there was ninth on the list. they were off to the races and sold almost 40 million by 2014 the sales are just shy of 170 million. now the figure is north of 200 million each year both in the function and appearance, the totem for the 21st century the iphone is gorgeous, intuitive and two handled like an acquaintance. people would learn about the loss of human lives associated with the creation it was too expensive certainly, but january 9, 2007, steve jobs announced the future of the times. it's nearly paralleled the years in the white house el

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we are pleased to host this event, please join me in welcoming joanne mcneil and kendra albert. [applause] >> i have a brief reading. should i read their? it is a short passage. i will give you a sense of the style of the book, this is a chapter called sharing. around the time of its first iphone launch - sorry. around the time of its first smartphone launch in 2007 it was possible if unwise to talk about apple as an underdog and adopt the corporation's narrative, a holdover since the famous 1984 inspired super bowl commercial directed by ridley scott featuring a bleach blonde racing to attack big brother with a sledgehammer. in 2007 apple was ranked 367, ten years later it was ninth on the list, between berkshire hathaway and exxon mobil. with the apple, it was off to the races, and almost 40 million different places. by 2014 sales were just shy of 170 million. now the figure is north of 200 million apple phones each year. the company unique for its the steadiest design product developed a near universally acclaimed gadget in function and appearance, a totem for the 21st centur

joanne mcneil is a writer from the art foundation. she has been a resident and with the instructor at the school of poetic computation. her essays and reviews have been appearing in the new york times, the globe and many others. she will be joining conversation this evening by kendra, the clinical instructor at harvard law school to teach students out of practice pickles you law. the work reflects on technology and covering topics facial recognition computer security, and online harassment. tonight were going to discuss joanne's new book, it's called a poetic and internet or that will resonate deeply with anyone. never cynical, commercialization of the digital world and insightful ways. revealing what has been stolen and what possibilities may be recovered. the world unites, in this book. please to host this event here. please join me in welcoming joanne and kendra. [applause]. joanne: i have a really brief reading that i wanted to do. [background sounds]. here's a short passage. this is in a chapter called sharing. around the time of

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joanne mcneil is a writer from the art foundation. she has been a resident and with the instructor at the school of poetic computation. her essays and reviews have been appearing in the new york times, the globe and many others. she will be joining conversation this evening by kendra, the clinical instructor at harvard law school to teach students out of practice pickles you law. the work reflects on

so our first speaker will be joanne mcneil, author of the book how a person becomes a leader. she's in curator of the art foundation are writing award for emerging writers. and nonfiction program fellow, and structure of this commutation. our next speaker will be. [inaudible]. , i am sorry, please hang on. sorry. i had the video on my computer. it was very confusing. our second speaker will be charlton mcllwain author black software, enter net and racial justice. from the black lives matter. he's faculty engagement and development at new york university. professor and in - fnm centers for critical initial studies. [inaudible]. their final speaker is author of the new laws defending human expertise in the age of ai. he's a professor of law and an american lives institute. so take it away. joanne: thank you am so happy to be on this panel with two of the authors and i really appreciate and the topic that i'm sure we'll have so say about. and it's something of a history. i feel any periods in time that i can look at rep. of what my ideals are missed opportunities. i just want to

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. >> pleased to introduce, joanne mcneil is the win ore arts write.ing forum. she has been a resident at ibm, nonfiction program fellow and instructor at the school or poetic computation. he is says and reviewed happen appeared in publications such as the anytime no he dissent, wired, the globe, and plus one, and many others. she'll be joined in conversation this evening with kendra albert, a clinical check tourer and. their work

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more from the brooklyn book festival is authors, joanne mcneil and frank pascual at the past and future of technology. on t potential effects the coronavirus will have on society. d at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words", political scientist and author deborah stone talks about her book counting. how we use numbers to decide what matters. she is interviewed by scientists and author kathie o'neill. watch book tvn

joanne's new book, lurking. it's called a poetic in incisive history of the internet that will resonate deeply with anyone who goes online to listen and learn. not shouting grandstand. never cynical nor deductive, mcneil has the commercialization of digital word it excite enter insightful ways. what has been stolen, what utopia possibilities might still be recovered. workers of the world unite or at least in this book. we are excited to host this event here please join me in welcoming joanne and kendra. [applause] so okay i thought to start have a really brief i wanted to do so social read they are here or stand up is up to you. so i will stand up is just a short passage that will give you this sense of the side of the book. this is in a chapter called sharing. around the time of its first iphone launch in 2000 -- sorry -- around the time of its first smartphone launched in 2007, it was possible, if unwise, the talk about apple as an underdog. and adopt the corporations own narrative, a holdover since the famous 1984 inspired super bowl commercial directed by scott featuring a bleach braun racing to attack "big brother" with a sledgehammer. in 2007, apple was ranked 367 on fortune's global 500. ten ye