Writer, film-maker and leading thinker, Paul Mason, is coming to Manchester on 30 April 2019, to discuss his latest book, Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being, with BBC 6 Music’s, Stuart Maconie.
On the eve of publication, Penguin Live, will play host, at The Dancehouse, Manchester, to what promises to be a fascinating discussion about Mason’s latest work, which explores just what it is to be human.
The book argues that humans are facing a triple threat:
- the rise of authoritarian politicians,
- the possibility of intelligent machines; and
- a spreading fatalism and irrationality, which has made millions susceptible to the mythologies of the new right.
Depressing times.
However, whilst many will share the view that this spells for a bleak future, Mason’s vision is that we are not merely cogs in the machine, and that we people are still capable of shaping our future.
During political unrest and trying times, such optimism is welcome and timely, but is it realistic?
Join leading thinker, Mason, and broadcaster and journalist, Maconie, for what promises to be an impassioned, through-provoking and lively discussion. See you there…
For more details and tickets, visit https://www.thedancehouse.co.uk/events/2019/227-clear-bright-future
Read about my last experience at a Penguin Live event: Penguin Pride – less a review, more a tribute
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