Will machines replace humans? Are our brains being colonized by tech companies? Is the pace of technological change outstripping our ability to adapt? Are we harnessing our digital future or merely surviving it? These questions crop up more and more these days, and we want answers. Jeff Howe, coauthor with Joi Ito of Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future, is the program coordinator for Media Innovation at Northeastern University, a long-time contributing editor at Wired magazine, and a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab. Andrew McAfee is the codirector of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and coauthor of the bestselling Second Machine Age. Of his new book, Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future, The Economist declared, “for an astute romp through important digital trends, (it’s) hard to beat.” They will be joined by Nicholas Negroponte, author of the classic book on the digital future, Being Digital. Bring your questions and concerns for a penetrating conversation about our digital future hosted by WBUR’s Asma Khalid, who leads BostonomixX, covering the people and companies driving the innovation economy.
