{"675338":{"#nid":"675338","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The Long Now Lecture Series at retroTECH: Gods and Robots: Ancient Dreams of Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECome to the Library\u0027s third-floor Crosland Tower retroTECH lab Tuesday, Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a group viewing of one of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/longnow.org\/\u0022\u003ELong Now Foundation\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E lecture series and enjoy the conversation it sparks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis month\u0027s video is \u0022Gods and Robots: Ancient Dreams of Technology.\u0022 Folklorist and historian of ancient science Adrienne Mayor gave this talk in 2020, telling what she described as \u0022the first science fiction stories.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EretroTECH\u2019s Long Now Lecture Series is part of our charge to create the future by exploring and preserving our technological pasts. Each month we\u2019ll dip into the archive at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/longnow.org\/\u0022\u003Elongnow.org\u003C\/a\u003E and find a talk that connects with retroTECH\u2019s research concern -- how our lives shape technology, and are shaped by it, over time \u2013 and follow that with an open discussion guided by a Georgia Tech librarian, archivist, or faculty member.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECome to the Library\u0027s third-floor Crosland Tower retroTECH lab Tuesday, Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a group viewing of one of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/longnow.org\/\u0022\u003ELong Now Foundation\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E lecture series and enjoy the conversation it sparks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Come to the Library\u0027s third-floor Crosland Tower retroTECH lab Tuesday, Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a group viewing of one of the Long Now Foundation\u2019s lecture series and enjoy the conversation it sparks. "}],"uid":"28817","created_gmt":"2024-07-03 16:02:12","changed_gmt":"2024-07-03 16:05:09","author":"Jason Wright","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-10-01T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-10-01T12:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-10-01T12:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-10-01 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-10-01 16:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-10-01 16:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Data Visualization\/retroTECH Lab, third floor Crosland Tower","extras":[],"hg_media":{"674289":{"id":"674289","type":"image","title":"long now gods.png","body":null,"created":"1720022657","gmt_created":"2024-07-03 16:04:17","changed":"1720022657","gmt_changed":"2024-07-03 16:04:17","alt":"Long Now Gods and Robots","file":{"fid":"257786","name":"long now gods.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/03\/long%20now%20gods.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/03\/long%20now%20gods.png","mime":"image\/png","size":9485580,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/07\/03\/long%20now%20gods.png?itok=78USlYKo"}}},"media_ids":["674289"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/libcal.library.gatech.edu\/event\/12693778","title":"Register Now"}],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3824","name":"event"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}