Community session for the comic premiere The big third and the blockchain by @juliaschneider with a discussion of the power and possibilities of blockchain technology for our society. Thursday 15 December 2022, from 7 p.m.
With his latest comic The big third and the blockchain essayist Julia Schneider asks the real big social questions: she takes us on a journey that begins with “How do we know what’s right?” down to the debate over whether God, the state, and other institutions as institutions that give morality, as “Big Thirds,” have failed. But she also states, “In order for us to successfully cooperate as humanity, we will probably need new great third parties.” The inspiration and ping-pong partner for the comic essay is law and culture researcher Dr. Katrin Becker and her article ” Blockchain Matters—Lex Cryptographia and the Displacement of Legal Symbolics and Imaginaries”.
Blockchain technology, supposed to allow new forms of cooperation, societies or even states on the basis of a code, can it become the “Big Third”? Should she? What would be the interest of society? We want to talk about this – and of course the new comic – during our session. So be there!
We look forward to a controversial discussion with Julia Schneider, Eric Eitel @alias_eitel and Katrin Becker! Of course, you can ask questions and participate in the discussion.
Those who accept will receive the comic in advance! Preview for 1E9 members!
Our three speakers:
Julia Schneider is a comedy essayist, PhD in economics and former AI consultant and creates bespoke comedy essays – often on complex topics at the interface of society, economics, art, data and technology . At 1E9 it has its comic book section Corona doodles published, including their work We need to talk, IA and money matters we presented here.
Eric Eiel organizes, consults and writes about technology and cultural projects with a particular focus on the future of production. For many years he led the cultural think tank all2gethernow eV and is a founding member of Music Pool Berlin, a counseling center for musicians in Berlin funded by Musicboard Berlin and the European Social Fund. In addition to his curatorial work, notably for re:publica Berlin, Eric Eitel publishes articles for technology, cultural and business media and advises companies and organizations on content positioning and strategic communication.
Catherine Becker is a researcher at the University of Luxembourg and an associate member of the Georg Simmel Center of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She studies the impact of new technologies, and blockchain technology in particular, on traditional conceptions of subjectivity, institution and law.
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