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August 29, 2018
7:00 - 9:00
Superhuman Fantasies
In 2023, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen released a document called “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto.”
Common Readers
I’ve passed enough “As Seen on TikTok” tables at otherwise cozily untrendy bookstores that I can no longer picture a solvent mass publishing industry without…
The Way the Wind Blows
“The duty of every revolutionary is to make the revolution.” Every New Leftist in the late 1960s was familiar with that axiom, attributed to Fidel…
In 1968 at the national party conventions, William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal—two ideological and personal rivals—debated the issues of the day and traded insults. It was an explosive political spectacle that presaged the culture wars and today’s polarized media landscape. Following a short screening, Rick Perlstein (author of Nixonland) and Modern Age editor Daniel McCarthy will discuss the Buckley/Vidal debates, and their historical context and relevance today, in a moderated conversation led by Timothy Crimmins. At a time of deep division, it’s worth asking: Has there ever been civil discourse in America?
Presented by The Point, Illinois Humanities and the Public Media Institute; RSVP here.