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DESCRIPTION:This semester\, the PPE Reading Group will meet for lunch and d
iscussion of Power and Progress: Our 1000-Year Struggle Over Technology an
d Prosperity (2023) by Nobel Laureates Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. F
ree pizza and soft drinks will be provided!\nFrom plows to factories to AI
\, new technologies have driven economic change. While technology is often
viewed as bringing progress\, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson argue that
the reality is more complicated. Technology can provide new opportunities
and new growth\, but who will reap the benefits if contested. The powerfu
l are often able to harness technological change for their own gain. Acemo
glu and Johnson lead us through a discussion of how technological change o
ccurs\, who benefits from it\, and how we can bend its trajectory to make
everyone better off. As they emphasize in their introduction\, “you can’t
stop technological change\, but you can shape it.”\nThe reading group will
meet from 12:30-1:45pm on September 16\, September 30\, October 21\, and
November 11\, in Pamplin Hall\, Room 1028.\nThe Center will provide free c
opies of the book. Participation is open to all Virginia Tech students and
faculty.\nTo receive your free book\, please sign up with PPE Core Facult
y member Melinda Miller (millermc@nullvt.edu)\, ideally well before the fi
rst meeting.
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\, the PPE Reading Group will meet for lunch and discussion of Power a
nd Progress: Our 1000-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (2
023) by Nobel Laureates Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. Free pizza and s
oft drinks will be provided!
\nFrom plows to factories to AI\, new t
echnologies have driven economic change. While technology is often viewed
as bringing progress\, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson argue that the rea
lity is more complicated. Technology can provide new opportunities and new
growth\, but who will reap the benefits if contested. The powerful are of
ten able to harness technological change for their own gain. Acemoglu and
Johnson lead us through a discussion of how technological change occurs\,
who benefits from it\, and how we can bend its trajectory to make everyone
better off. As they emphasize in their introduction\, “you can’t stop tec
hnological change\, but you can shape it.”
\nThe reading group will
meet from 12:30-1:45pm on September 16\, September 30\, October 21\, and N
ovember 11\, in Pamplin Hall\, Room 1028.
\nThe Center will provide
free copies of the book. Participation is open to all Virginia Tech studen
ts and faculty.
\nTo receive your free book\, please sign up with PP
E Core Faculty member Melinda Miller (mil
lermc@nullvt.edu)\, ideally well b
efore the first meeting.
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