Adam Kirsch with Clive Thompson
Thursday, January 12, 2023
7:00pm — 8:00pm ET
Strand Book Store
Should we welcome the end of humanity?
In this blistering book about the history of an idea, leading critic Adam Kirsch draws on his dazzling range and calls our attention to a seemingly inconceivable topic that is being seriously discussed: that the end of humanity’s reign on earth is imminent, and that we should welcome it.
Join author Adam Kirsch and science & technology journalist Clive Thompson as they discuss the potential end of humanity, and Adam’s new book, The Revolt Against Humanity: Imagining a Future Without Us.
This event will be hosted in the Strand’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.
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Adam Kirsch is a poet and literary critic. He is the author of three collections of poems and several books of criticism and biography, including The Global Novel, published by Columbia Global Reports in 2017. He lives in New York City, where he is an editor at the Wall Street Journal's weekend Review section.
Clive Thompson writes about technology and science and how they affect society. A contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and longtime columnist for Wired, he is most recently author of Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World.
Should we welcome the end of humanity? In this blistering book about the history of an idea, leading critic Adam Kirsch draws on his dazzling range and calls our attention to a seemingly inconceivable topic that is being seriously discussed: that the end of humanity’s reign on earth is imminent, and that we should welcome… more
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