Join PALLADIUM Magazine in San Francisco on Thursday, September 24 to hear a lecture by Ben Landau-Taylor, author of "The Lifecycle of an Apocalypse." The article will be featured in our upcoming print edition, become a PALLADIUM member today to secure your copy!
In recent years the energy has gone out of the climate apocalypse movement and into the AI apocalypse movement. But climate was not the first of our widely-feared apocalypse movements, and AI will not be the last.
Since the First World War, there has been massive popular demand for theories about how technology is about to destroy the world and end civilization. All of them have followed very similar playbooks. This talk will cover the history of techno-apocalypse fears and the psychology behind them.
Ben Landau-Taylor studies society and industry. You can follow him at @benlandautaylor.
This is a ticketed event, those without tickets or violation of the dress code will be turned away.
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