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SUMMARY:Premiere of Reason’s The Battle Over D.C. Restaurants documentary & panel discussion
DESCRIPTION:When labor activists came to Washington\, D.C.\, to demand a higher minimum wage for restaurant workers\, they clashed with an unexpected adversary: restaurant workers. \n\n\n\nIn a new documentary short\, Reason explores what eliminating the so-called tip credit has meant for dining in the nation’s capital. We spoke with workers\, business owners\, and activists. \n\n\n\nIf they’re getting paid more\, why are D.C. restaurant workers so angry? \n\n\n\nCome watch the film\, which will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmaker\, Justin Zuckerman\, and participants in the documentary. \n\n\n\nThe evening will include The Battle Over D.C. Restaurants documentary screening followed by a brief panel discussion. Light food and drinks will be served. \n\n\n\nWhere: Reason Office\, 1630 Connecticut Ave NW\, Ste 600\, Washington\, D.C.\, 20009 \n\n\n\nLocated by the Dupont Circle Red Line Metro stop \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP to Hilary Hackleman at hilary.hackleman@reason.org
URL:https://reason.org/event/premiere-of-battle-over-dc-restaurants/
LOCATION:Reason D.C.\, 1630 Connecticut Ave NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20009
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SUMMARY:The Soho Forum Debate: Santiago Forster vs. Agustín Rombolá
DESCRIPTION:Resolution: Free market President Javier Milei of Argentina has been making tangible progress toward improving the Argentinian economy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFor the affirmative: \n\n\n\nSantiago Forster is an Argentine-American who advocates for free markets and sensible politics. He is a youth leader within the Argentine political group\, Enlaces\, which is adherent to President Javier Milei’s political party. Santiago is currently carrying out his studies in Boston\, where he is a student in International Business & International Affairs at Northeastern University. In 2019\, Santiago was recognized as one of the top 10 individual debaters nationwide by the Argentine Debate Association (ADA). He now works in finance in the U.S. and is the co-founder and President of the LatAm Business Club at Northeastern University. In this role\, he has hosted and interviewed notable figures such as the former President of Ecuador\, Jamil Mahuad\, as well as CEOs of multinational companies. With experience in areas such as finance and strategic communications\, Santiago has become passionate about the overlap between the private and public sectors and sees them as mutually supportive. \n\n\n\nFor the negative: \n\n\n\nAgustín Dante Rombolá was born and raised in Buenos Aires. He is a lawyer who graduated from Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) in 2017\, specializing in Constitutional Law and Human Rights. He started working in politics ten years ago\, as a member of the Unión Cívica Radical (Radical Civic Youth)\, a socialdemocratic party and the oldest party in Argentina. He is the current President of its Youth arm\, Juventud Radical (Radical Youth). In 2023\, he worked on the political campaigns of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (for President) and Martín Lousteau (for Buenos Aires City Governor). \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:00 PMMeeting Convenes on the Main Stage: 6:30 PMReception: 8:00 PMModerated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein. \n\n\n\nUse REASON discount code for 25% off
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-debate-santiago-forster-vs-agustin-rombola/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Martin Gurri
DESCRIPTION:The next Reason Speakeasy is set for Monday\, November 18\, featuring a discussion with Mercatus Center visiting fellow and former CIA analyst Martin Gurri\, whose decade-old The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium remains one of the most important guides to the 21st century. The Reason Speakeasy is a monthly\, unscripted conversation with outspoken defenders of free thinking and heterodoxy in an age of intellectual conformity and groupthink. The event doubles as a live taping of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie. \n\n\n\nReleased in 2014\, Gurri’s analysis of social media and geopolitics was both prescient and prophetic. He explained how Twitter and other platforms empowered ordinary people to resist control from above and anticipated the rise of former President Donald Trump\, French President Emmanuel Macron\, and Brexit\, while underscoring that it is easier to tear down established governments and institutions than to create them anew. In a recent piece in Discourse\, “Mistaking Leviathan for God\,” he described a “crisis of representation” in American society which has permitted politics to replace many traditional institutions as an avenue for meaning and transcendence. His insights make him the perfect guest to discuss the new realignments\, opportunities\, and dangers forming here and abroad in the wake of the 2024 election. Get your tickets for this important conversation today. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Reason Speakeasy will be hosted at Maxwell Social\, located at 135 Watts St. in Tribeca\, Manhattan. (Please note the different location from past Reason Speakeasy gatherings.)Doors open at 7 p.m.\, and the interview will commence at 7:30 p.m.\, followed by audience Q&A. Food and drinks will be served.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-martin-gurri/
LOCATION:Maxwell Social\, 135 Watts St.\, New York\, New York\, 10013\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Reason Roundtable Live in NYC
DESCRIPTION:Reason magazine’s own Nick Gillespie\, Katherine Mangu-Ward\, Peter Suderman\, and Matt Welch live in New York City! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWill Election 2024 result in an orderly transfer of power—or will the results unleash controversy and chaos that threatens the foundations of our democracy? Before America goes to the polls on November 5\, you’re invited to join the four hosts of The Reason Roundtable—Reason magazine’s own Nick Gillespie\, Katherine Mangu-Ward\, Peter Suderman\, and Matt Welch—in New York City for a no-holds-barred discussion of what this election means for the future of America. \n\n\n\nThe Reason Roundtable is a rollicking contretemps between these four opinionated journalists as they put their personal “free minds and free markets” filter on the biggest stories of today. During this hour-long live taping of the popular weekly podcast\, expect lively roasting\, incisive analysis\, and unflinching critiques of the latest in politics\, culture\, and whatever fresh hell awaits us all. \n\n\n\nThis will be the hottest ticket in town\, so grab your seat now! Doors for The Reason Roundtable Live at the Village Underground open at 6:00 p.m.\, and the four-way scrimmage starts at 6:30 pm SHARP. Tickets include admission to our after-party at 3 Sheets Saloon (134 W 3rd St)! \n\n\n\nSee you there!
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-reason-roundtable-live-nyc-2024/
LOCATION:The Village Underground\, 130 West 3rd Street\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Musa al-Gharbi
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to announce the next Reason Speakeasy on Thursday\, October 24\, featuring a discussion with Stony Brook University and Heterodox Academy sociologist Musa al-Gharbi who will discuss his forthcoming book We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. The Reason Speakeasy is a monthly\, unscripted conversation with outspoken defenders of free thinking and heterodoxy. The event doubles as a live taping of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie. \n\n\n\nWe Have Never Been Woke examines how a new progressive elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without actually helping the marginalized or disadvantaged. This is a cutting and deeply researched critique of how the leaders of our educational\, legal\, media\, NGO\, and advocacy institutions are at odds with the very people they claim to represent. “By 2020\,” writes al-Gharbi\, “highly educated white liberals tended to provide more ‘woke’ responses to racial questions than the average Black or Hispanic person.” We’ll talk about how this happened\, why it causes social and political chaos\, and how to have better policy conversations.   \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this timely discussion! We’ll gather at the Blue Building\, located at 222 E. 46th St. in Midtown Manhattan. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the interview will commence at roughly 7:30 p.m. You can snag a ticket for the interview with Musa al-Gharbi\, which includes a Q&A\, below. Beer\, wine softs\, and light fare will be served.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-musa-al-gharbi/
LOCATION:Blue Building\, 222 E 46th St\, New York\, New York\, 10017\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Soho Forum Debate: David Leonhardt vs. John Early
DESCRIPTION:Resolution: The stagnation of living standards\, and soaring economic inequality\, have become the defining economic trends of American life.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFor the affirmative: \n\n\n\nDavid Leonhardt is a senior writer at The New York Times and the author of Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of American Dream. The Atlantic\, the Financial Times and McKinsey & Co. named it one of the best books of 2023. David writes The Morning\, The Times‘s flagship newsletter\, and has previously been The Times‘s Washington bureau chief\, founding editor of The Upshot and a podcast host. He also led a strategy group that helped shape The Times‘s digital future. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. \n\n\n\nFor the negative: \n\n\n\nJohn Early is a mathematical economist\, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute\, and president of the consultancy Vital Few\, LLC. His experience includes two appointments as assistant commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics\, chief operating officer of an international consultancy in quality\, chief strategy and customer officer for a Fortune 100 company\, and legislative assistant to Senator George McGovern. His more than 80 publications include The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate\, with Phil Gramm and Robert Ekelund and topics including measuring price change\, labor force dynamics\, income measurement\, fiscal dynamics\, improving healthcare\, and customer loyalty. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:00 PMMeeting Convenes on the Main Stage: 6:30 PMReception: 8:00 PMModerated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein. \n\n\n\nUse REASON discount code for 25% off
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-debate-david-leonhardt-vs-john-early/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Soho Forum Debate: David Stockman vs. Stephen Moore
DESCRIPTION:Resolution: In the current presidential election\, both Democrats and Republicans consist of a UniParty that will lead us to the bottom of the national policy dumpster.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor the affirmative: \n\n\n\nDavid Stockman was elected as a Michigan Congressman in 1976 and joined the Reagan White House in 1981. Serving as budget director\, he was one of the key architects of the Reagan Revolution plan to reduce taxes\, cut spending and shrink the role of government. He is the author of six best-selling books\, most recently: Peak Trump: The Undrainable Swamp And The Fantasy Of MAGA (2019); The Great Money Bubble: Protect Yourself from the Coming Inflation Storm(2022); and Trump’s War on Capitalism (2024). He is currently the publisher of a daily blog\, Contra Corner – “the place where mainstream delusions and cant about the Warfare State\, the Bailout State\, Bubble Finance and Beltway Banditry are ripped\, refuted and rebuked.” \n\n\n\nFor the negative: \n\n\n\nStephen Moore was formerly Trump’s senior economic advisor. He is a Heritage Foundation economist and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow for their “Project for Economic Growth.” He is also the co-founder of Unleash Prosperity\, which aims to educate policy-makers in supply-side economics. Before returning to the Heritage Foundation in 2014\, Moore was the economics and policy writer for the Wall Street Journal and a member of The Journal’s editorial board. During that time he authored Who’s the Fairest of Them All?: The Truth about Opportunity\, Taxes\, and Wealth in America (2012). \n\n\n\nIMPORTANT: THIS DEBATE WILL BEGIN 15 MINUTES EARLIER THAN USUAL \n\n\n\nDoors open at 5:45 PMMeeting Convenes on the Main Stage: 6:15 PMReception: 7:45 PMModerated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein. \n\n\n\nUse REASON discount code for 25% off
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-debate-david-stockman-vs-stephen-moore/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Kat Timpf
DESCRIPTION:She’s been described as “edgy” and “irreverent\,” and The Hill called her “…undoubtedly a talented and engaging on-air personality.” Politico wrote\, “Her opinions are often contrarian and thought-provoking\, even if you don’t always agree with them.” \n\n\n\nJoin us for the next Reason Speakeasy on Wednesday\, September 11 for a great conversation with comedian\, commentator\, and bestselling author Kat Timpf\, who’ll be talking about her new book I Used To Like You Until…(How Binary Thinking Divides Us). The Reason Speakeasy is a monthly\, unscripted conversation with outspoken defenders of free thinking and heterodoxy. It doubles as a live taping of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie.  \n\n\n\nKat is a longtime friend of Reason\, proving her libertarian bona fides on  FoxNews’ late night program Gutfeld. I Used To Like You Until… tackles the issue of binary thinking and tribalism head-on\, with Kat’s personal stories illustrating how oversimplified perspectives are a direct threat to our political discourse\, institutions\, relationships\, creativity\, and even individual freedoms. She turned her last book You Can’t Joke About That: Why Everything is Funny\, Nothing is Sacred\, and We’re All in This Together\, into a live comedy show that sold out in theaters all around the country. Now\, with her trademark humor and sharp critical skills\, she’s using her national platform to show how thoughtful consideration and genuine conversation can bridge divides and make meaningful connections. \n\n\n\nWe’ll meet at the Blue Building\, located at 222 E. 46th St.\, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in Midtown. Doors open at 7.30 p.m. and the interview itself will start at 8.30 p.m. Note later-than-usual start time! Tickets for the evening and Q&A with Kat are $15 and include a buffet of light bites and alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. 
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-kat-timpf/
LOCATION:The Blue Building\, 222 East 46th Street\, new york\, new york\, 10017
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SUMMARY:The Soho Forum Debate: Art Laffer vs. Chase Oliver
DESCRIPTION:The Resolution: Among the candidates actively running for President in November\, Donald Trump is the best choice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor the affirmative: \n\n\n\nDr. Arthur B. Laffer is the founder of Laffer Associates\, an economic research firm. Dr. Laffer has distinction in many publications as “The Father of Supply-Side Economics.” Dr. Laffer was a member of President Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board for both of his terms (1981-1989) and was a founding member of the Reagan Executive Advisory Committee for the presidential race of 1980. He also advised Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on fiscal policy in the UK during the 1980s. In 2019\, Dr. Laffer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump. Dr. Laffer has authored numerous books including his most recent\, Taxes Have Consequences: An Income Tax History of the United States. \n\n\n\nFor the negative: \n\n\n\nChase Oliver is an American political activist and nominee of the Libertarian Party for the 2024 United States presidential election. He was formerly a sales account executive and HR representative. Oliver was the Libertarian candidate for the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia and the 2020 Georgia’s 5th congressional district special election. In the 2022 Georgia special United States Senate election\, Oliver received over 2% of the popular vote\, and was accused of acting as a spoiler candidate and forcing the Georgia senate race into a run-off. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:00 PMMeeting Convenes on the Main Stage: 6:30 PMReception: 8:00 PM \n\n\n\nModerated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein. \n\n\n\nUse REASON discount code for 25% off
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-debate-art-laffer-vs-chase-oliver/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Premiere of Reason’s Backpage Documentary & panel discussion
DESCRIPTION:In 2018\, journalist Mike Lacey was working at his desk when movement outside his office door caught his eye. He looked up and saw a government agent pointing a gun at him. \n\n\n\nLacey\, who co-founded the classified ad site Backpage with his business partner Jim Larkin\, was under arrest on charges of money laundering\, conspiracy\, and facilitating prostitution online . As publishers of the user-generated ad site\, Lacey and Larkin should have been protected by the First Amendment and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act\, which immunizes web services from liability for content posted by their users. Moreover\, Backpage banned ads for anything illegal\, including prostitution. Staff were careful to keep ads posted by or featuring minors off the site as best they could and cooperated extensively with law enforcement. So as the charges piled up\, Lacey and Larkin refused to cut a deal.On Tuesday\, July 23\, join us for the premiere of Reason’s latest documentary about the impact that the Backpage case has had on the lives of Lacey\, Larkin\, and sex workers who relied on the service for their own safety\, as well as the case’s implications for online speech of all sorts. Following the 30-minute documentary\, Nick Gillespie will talk with Reason Senior Editor Elizabeth Nolan Brown\, who co-produced the documentary\, to discuss the legal and constitutional aspects of this years-long prosecution. Also joining the conversation will be Old Pros’ founder Kaytlin Bailey\, an advocate for the decriminalization of sex work\, who appears in the documentary. \n\n\n\nThe documentary will be viewed at Sovereign House\, located at 185 E. Broadway on the Lower East Side\, across from Seward Park. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program will start at 7:00 p.m sharp; the panel discussion will take place immediately after. Tickets are $10 and include the film screening\, the panel discussion\, and light appetizers. There is a cash bar at the venue\, and smoking is allowed in the backyard area. \n\n\n\nThe Backpage saga serves as a harrowing reminder of how unyielding government power can devastate the lives of individuals fighting for freedom. Sadly\, the story isn’t over yet. After a mistrial\, a second trial in 2023\, and Jim Larkin’s suicide earlier this year\, Lacey will be sentenced on the remaining charges on July 9. You can also read Reason’s coverage of the case here.
URL:https://reason.org/event/premiere-of-reasons-backpage-documentary-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Sovereign House\, 185 E Broadway\, New York\, New York\, 10002
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SUMMARY:The Soho Forum: Matt Ridley vs. Stephen Goldstein
DESCRIPTION:Resolution:  It is likely that the SARS-COV- virus originated in the Wuhan laboratory in China. \n\n\n\nFor the affirmative: \n\n\n\nMatt Ridley‘s books have sold over a million copies\, been translated into 31 languages\, and won several awards. His books include The Red Queen\, Genome\, The Rational Optimist\, and How Innovation Works. “Viral: the search for the Origin of Covid-19”\, co-authored with Alina Chan\, was published in 2021. He sat in the House of Lords between 2013 and 2021 and served on the science and technology select committee and the artificial intelligence select committee. He created the Mind and Matter column in the Wall Street Journal in 2010\, and was a columnist for the Times 2013-2018. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Academy of Medical Sciences\, and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \n\n\n\nFor the negative: \n\n\n\nDr. Stephen Goldstein is a virologist at the University of Utah conducting research on coronavirus evolution. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania\, where he conducted research on the biology of MERS-CoV\, a zoonotic virus first identified in 2012. Over the course of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic Dr. Goldstein has engaged with the Utah Department of Public Health\, University of Utah Health\, and local and national media to provide scientific expertise. He has co-authored reviews and original research papers on the origin of SARS-CoV-2. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:00 PMMeeting Convenes on the Main Stage: 6:30 PMReception: 8:00 PM \n\n\n\nModerated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nUse REASON discount code for 25% off
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-matt-ridley-vs-stephen-goldstein/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker Street\, New York\, New York\, 10012
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Corey DeAngelis
DESCRIPTION:The Reason Speakeasy is a monthly\, unscripted conversation with outspoken defenders of free expression and heterodox thinking. It doubles as a live taping of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast and takes place at one of the coolest settings in Manhattan. \n\n\n\nThe guest this time is school choice activist Corey DeAngelis where he will discuss his provocative new book\, The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools. A senior fellow at the American Federation for Children and a former education policy analyst at the Reason Foundation (the nonprofit that publishes Reason magazine)\, Corey has rightly been called “the most effective school choice advocate since Milton Friedman.” His new book explains why K-12 education failed so badly before and during Covid and how to fix it once and for all by making the needs of parents and students the central concern of schooling. If you have school-age kids or care about how your tax dollars are being misspent\, you’ll want to hear what Corey has to say. \n\n\n\nThe Reason Speakeasy takes place at the Blue Building\, located at 222 East 46th Street\, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.\, program starts at 7:00 p.m. and features audience Q&A. \n\n\n\nTicket includes beer\, wine\, soft drinks\, a buffet of snacks and appetizers\, and an evening of camaraderie and conversation.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-corey-deangelis/
LOCATION:The Blue Building\, 222 East 46th Street\, new york\, new york\, 10017
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SUMMARY:The Reason Roundtable LIVE!
DESCRIPTION:You know ’em\, you love ’em\, you spend your Mondays arguing with ’em—it’s The Reason Roundtable LIVE and IN PERSON in our nation’s capital! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin the four hosts of The Reason Roundtable —Reason magazine’s own Nick Gillespie\, Katherine Mangu-Ward\, Peter Suderman\, and Matt Welch—for The Reason Roundtable LIVE\, a rollicking contretemps between these four opinionated journalists as they put their personal “free minds and free markets” filter on the biggest stories of the day. \n\n\n\nThe shenanigans will go down at DC’s Landmark’s E Street Cinema\, as Gillespie\, Mangu-Ward\, Suderman\, and Welch roast each other like a Thanksgiving turkey\, spar over breaking news\, and dive headfirst into what fresh hell awaits us all. Doors open at 6:30 pm\, and the show starts at 7:00 pm SHARP. Get your tickets early\, because once they’re gone\, they’re gone!
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-reason-roundtable-live/
LOCATION:Landmark’s E Street Cinema\, 555 11th Street Northwest\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20004
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Glenn Greenwald
DESCRIPTION:The Reason Speakeasy is a monthly\, unscripted conversation with outspoken defenders of free expression and heterodox thinking. It doubles as a live taping ofThe Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast and takes place at one of the coolest settings in Manhattan. \n\n\n\nThe guest this time is firebrand journalist Glenn Greenwald\, whose work publicizing Edward Snowden’s revelations of ubiquitous surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) helped The Guardian win a Pulitzer Prize. In 2014\, Greenwald founded The Intercept\, an independent website with whom he had an acrimonious falling out in 2020. Greenwald now hosts the nightly news show System Update on Rumble and maintains an active presence on X (formerly Twitter). He will talk about shifting political alliances\, changes in the media landscape\, U.S. foreign policy under Presidents Trump and Biden\, and the 2024 presidential race. \n\n\n\nThe Reason Speakeasy takes place at the Blue Building\, located at 222 East 46th Street\, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.\, program starts at 7:00 p.m. and features audience Q&A. \n\n\n\nTicket includes beer\, wine\, soft drinks\, a buffet of snacks and appetizers\, and an evening of camaraderie and conversation.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-glenn-greenwald/
LOCATION:New York
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SUMMARY:The Soho Forum: Alan Dershowitz vs. Glenn Greenwald
DESCRIPTION:Resolution:The United States should strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nUse REASON discount code for 25% off
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-alan-dershowitz-vs-glenn-greenwald/
LOCATION:Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space\, 2537 Broadway\, New York\, New York\, 10025\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reason Weekend 2024
DESCRIPTION:Come join the fun at Reason Weekend May 16-19\, 2024\, our annual long weekend for members of Reason’s exclusive Torchbearer Society. You’ll spend time with great speakers\, engage in spirited conversation\, and enjoy amazing food at one of Boston’s most exquisite hotels\, the Four Seasons. It will be a weekend to remember! \n\n\n\nConfirmed speakers include: \n\n\n\n\n\nCharles Mann\, author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus \n\n\n\nDr. Jay Bhattacharya\, Stanford University\n\n\n\nTodd Rose\, founder of Populace and author of Collective Illusions\n\n\n\nRick Doblin\, founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)\n\n\n\nCorey DeAngelis\, Senior Fellow\, American Federation for Children\n\n\n\nA live taping of the Reason Roundtable with Katherine Mangu-Ward\, Matt Welch\, Nick Gillespie\, and Peter Suderman\n\n\n\nReason President David Nott\, Founder Bob Poole\, and other Reason experts\n\n\n\n\n\nThe weekend will kick-off with dinner on Thursday\, May 16 and end with breakfast on Sunday\, May 19. Panels and speakers will run on Friday and Saturday from 8:30 to noon\, and we’ll have speakers during lunch and dinner on both days. On Friday afternoon\, you can explore Boston on your own\, relax at the hotel\, or hang-out with friends\, new and old. On Saturday afternoon\, we’ll have an optional city excursion. \n\n\n\nReason Weekend is open exclusively to members of Reason’s Torchbearer Society\, who are Reason’s most generous and engaged supporters. Membership requires a minimum donation of $1\,000 to Reason in a calendar year. To become a member\, please visit Reason.org/Donate. \n\n\n\nThe $2\,300 registration fee covers speakers and panels\, materials\, receptions\, excursions\, and all meals. Reason has reserved rooms at the Four Seasons at the rate of $550 plus tax.  \n\n\n\nA portion of the fee is tax-deductible as a gift to help Reason advance liberty. Tax receipts will be mailed after the event. \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about Reason Weekend\, please contact Jennifer Kambara at jennifer.kambara@reason.org or at 310-740-8576.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-weekend-2024-2/
LOCATION:Four Seasons\, 200 Boylston Street\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02116\, United States
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SUMMARY:Join us in New York City for an Interview with Students for Sensible Drug Policy's Kat Murti 
DESCRIPTION:In a world where drug use and policy are rapidly changing\, what role will younger people play in challenging legal and cultural prohibitions of psychoactive substances? \n\n\n\nJoin us for a candid conversation with Kat Murti\, the new executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy\, which for over 25 years has been the leading voice on college campuses for changing laws and attitudes about psychedelics and other drugs. She will be interviewed by Reason editor at large Nick Gillespie and the conversation\, including audience Q&A\, will be recorded for a future episode of The Reason Interview podcast. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nUse the discount code REASON42 at checkout for 20% off all tickets.
URL:https://reason.org/event/join-us-in-new-york-city-for-an-interview-with-students-for-sensible-drug-policys-kat-murti/
LOCATION:The Blue Building\, 222 East 46th Street\, new york\, new york\, 10017
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SUMMARY:The Soho Forum: Brent Orrell vs. Tom Woods
DESCRIPTION:Resolution:Government-imposed restrictions during the Covid pandemic were prudent and essential. \n\n\n\nUse REASON discount code for 25% off tickets
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-brent-orrell-vs-tom-woods/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Jonathan Haidt on The Anxious Generation
DESCRIPTION:The Reason Speakeasy is a monthly\, unscripted conversation with outspoken defenders of free expression and heterodox thinking. It doubles as a live taping of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast. \n\n\n\nOn April 15\, Nick will interview NYU psychologist Jonathan Haidt\, the founder of Heterodox Academy\, which seeks to create intellectual diversity in higher education. In 2018\, Jonathan co-authored (with FIRE’s Greg Lukianoff) The Coddling of the American Mind\, which documented how colleges and universities had become the enemies of a rich intellectual and cultural life. His new book\, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness\, is a deep dive into how social and technological shifts have harmed younger Americans and a call to cultural and political action when it comes to social media and smartphones. \n\n\n\nThe event is being held at the Blue Building\, located at 222 E. 46th St. in Midtown. Tickets are $10 and include wine\, beer\, and light bites. The pre-show reception starts at 6:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 7:00 p.m.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-with-jonathan-haidt/
LOCATION:The Blue Building\, 222 East 46th Street\, new york\, new york\, 10017
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SUMMARY:The Soho Forum: Joe Nocera vs. Gene Epstein
DESCRIPTION:Resolution:Capitalism has been a key factor in leaving the United States unprepared to address the Covid-19 pandemic.Use code REASON for 25 percent off tickets.
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-joe-nocera-vs-gene-epstein/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Soho Forum: Eli Lake vs. Jeremy Hammond
DESCRIPTION:Resolution:The root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Palestinians’ rejection of Israel’s right to exist.
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-eli-lake-vs-jeremy-hammond/
LOCATION:Soho Playhouse\, 15 Vandam Street\, New York\, New York\, 10013\, United States
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SUMMARY:The SOHO Forum: Government must play a role in fostering scientific and technological progress by funding basic research.
DESCRIPTION:Resolution \n\n\n\nGovernment must play a role in fostering scientific and technological progress by funding basic research. \n\n\n\nFor the affirmative: \n\n\n\nM. Anthony (Tony) Mills is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute\, where he studies the federal government’s role in science and innovation and the relationship between scientific expertise and democratic governance. Concurrently a senior fellow at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy and a scholar associate of the Society of Catholic Scientists\, Dr. Mills was previously a resident senior fellow at the R Street Institute and an editor for numerous publications. His writings have appeared in Politico\, National Review\, Law & Liberty\, National Affairs\, Issues in Science and Technology\, and various peer-reviewed journals. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. \n\n\n\nFor the negative: \n\n\n\nTerence Kealey trained originally in medicine (MB BS/MD University of London) and biochemistry (DPhil/PhD University of Oxford)\, and between 1988 and 2001 he lectured in clinical biochemistry at the University of Cambridge. Between 2001 and 2014 he was the vice-chancellor (president) of the University of Buckingham\, since when he has been a research fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC.  During the 1980s he noted that governments’ cuts in their science budgets only stimulated the private funding of research\, which more than compensated for the original cuts\, so he concluded that research is not a public good but\, rather\, a contribution good. Which is why it is damaged by government funding. \n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here  \n\n\n\nThe Sheen Center\n\n\n\n18 Bleecker Street\, New York\, NY 10012Doors open at 6:00 PMMeeting Convenes on the Main Stage: 6:30 PMReception: 8:00 PMModerated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein.
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-government-must-play-a-role-in-fostering-scientific-and-technological-progress-by-funding-basic-research/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: with David A. Stockman
DESCRIPTION:The Reason Speakeasy is a monthly\, unscripted conversation with outspoken defenders of free thinking and heterodoxy. It doubles as a live taping of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast. \n\n\n\nThe guest on Monday\, January 22 is David A. Stockman\, the former two-term Michigan congressman who famously served as Ronald Reagan’s first budget director and\, in 1986\, authored the blistering Washington memoir The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed\, in which he detailed all the ways politicians and bureaucrats resist cutting the size\, scope\, and spending of government. A former member of Students for a Democratic Society while a student at Michigan State in the 1960s\, Stockman has been one of the most vocal critics of what he calls the “welfare-warfare state” for the past half-century. \n\n\n\nReason’s Nick Gillespie will interview Stockman about his controversial new book Trump’s War on Capitalism\, which argues that the former president’s attacks on immigration and free trade\, along with his inconsistent  response to the Covid 19 pandemic did lasting damage to American prosperity and to the Republican Party.  \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30 p.m.\, and the program starts at 7:00 p.m. $10 ticket includes beer\, wine\, soft drinks\, and a buffet of light food.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-with-david-a-stockman/
LOCATION:The Blue Building\, 222 East 46th Street\, new york\, new york\, 10017
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SUMMARY:The SOHO Forum: The making of national internet policy was hindered\, rather than helped\, by the July 4th federal court ruling that restricted the Biden administration's communications with social media platforms.
DESCRIPTION:Resolution\n\n\n\nThe making of national internet policy was hindered\, rather than helped\, by the July 4th federal court ruling that restricted the Biden administration’s communications with social media platforms.\n\n\n\nThe Sheen Center\n\n\n\n18 Bleecker Street\, New York\, NY 10012Doors open at 2:30 PMMeeting convenes: 3:00 PMReception: 5:00 PMModerated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein. \n\n\n\nBUY DEBATE TICKETS \n\n\n\nYou will not be required to show proof of vaccination in order to attend in person. \n\n\n\nREVIEW EVENT DETAILS \n\n\n\nFor the affirmative: \n\n\n\nKate Klonick is an associate professor at St. John’s University Law School\, a fellow at the Brookings Institution\, Yale Law School’s Information Society Project\, and Harvard Berkman Klein Center. Her writing on online speech\, freedom of expression\, and private internet platform governance has appeared in the Harvard Law Review\, Yale Law Journal\, The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, The Washington Post\, and numerous other publications. For the 2023-2024 academic year\, she is a Fulbright Schuman Innovation Scholar in the European Union where she is a visiting professor at SciencesPo and the University of Amsterdam researching and writing about the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. \n\n\n\nFor the negative: \n\n\n\nJay Bhattacharya\, MD and PhD\, is a professor of Medicine at Stanford University. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research\, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research\, and at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute. His research focuses on the economics of health care around the world with a particular emphasis on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. His peer-reviewed research has been published in economics\, statistics\, legal\, medical\, public health\, and health policy journals. He holds an MD and PhD in economics from Stanford University. Dr. Bhattacharya was one of the three main co-signatories of the Great Barrington Declaration of October 2020.
URL:https://reason.org/event/the-soho-forum-the-making-of-national-internet-policy-was-hindered-rather-than-helped-by-the-july-4th-federal-court-ruling-that-restricted-the-biden-administrations-communications-with-social-med/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Jennifer Burns
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, December 12\, the Reason Speakeasy will feature Stanford University historian Jennifer Burns about The Last Conservative\, her definitive\, highly praised biography of Milton Friedman\, who was arguably not just the most influential free-market economist of the 20th century but the central figure in building the intellectual coalition that successfully challenged Keynesian economics and the top-down rule of experts in so many aspects of our lives. \n\n\n\nHost Nick Gillespie and Burns will discuss Friedman’s conceptual breakthroughs in economics\, his ahead-of-his-time collaboration with women\, his role in popularizing free-market economics through his columns in Newsweek and the TV series Free To Choose\, his controversial engagements with politicians such as Richard Nixon and Augusto Pinochet\, and his role in ending the military draft and championing school choice. \n\n\n\nThe Reason Speakeasy is a monthly\, unscripted conversation with outspoken defenders of free thinking and heterodoxy. It doubles as a live taping of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast. Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author. \n\n\n\nWhen: Tuesday\, December 12\, 2023 \n\n\n\nDoors at 6:30 p.m.\, program at 7:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nWhere: The Blue Building\, 222 E. 46th St. \n\n\n\nYour ticket for the evening includes beer\, wine\, soft drinks\, and a buffet of light bites.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-jennifer-burns/
LOCATION:The Blue Building\, 222 East 46th Street\, new york\, new york\, 10017
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SUMMARY:Bitcoin\, Bathhouses\, and the Future of Energy
DESCRIPTION:Critics of bitcoin say it’s a massive waste of energy\, with The New York Times earlier this year accusing bitcoin miners of causing “immense pollution.” \n\n\n\nBut what if this growing industry is actually the key to making clean energy profitable? \n\n\n\nA new Reason documentary explores the ways that bitcoin mining is already changing the way businesses and governments use and think about energy: A spa in Brooklyn recycles the heat from miners to warm its pools. A major utility provider in Texas counts on miners to stabilize its electric grid. A small town partners with a bitcoin miner to bring down electricity costs for its residents. \n\n\n\nJoin Reason’s Nick Gillespie for a viewing of the 30-minute documentary\, followed by a live discussion with Reason’s Zach Weismueller\, Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein\, Pubkey’s Thomas Pacchia\, and Jason Goodman the owner of a Bitcoin-heated bathhouse in Brooklyn\, about Bitcoin\, bathhouses\, and the future of energy. Then join us for an informal afterparty at PubKey\, New York’s premiere bitcoin bar. \n\n\n\nThis event will be recorded for future use. \n\n\n\nTicket price includes light appetizers and access to a cash bar. Smoking allowed in backyard area. \n\n\n\nViewing: Sovereign House\, 185 East Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10002 \n\n\n\nAfter Party: Pubkey\, 85 Washington Place (near Washington Square and 6th Avenue) \n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here
URL:https://reason.org/event/bitcoin-bathhouses-and-the-future-of-energy/
LOCATION:185 East Broadway New York\, NY 10002\, 185 East Broadway\, New York\, New York\, 10002
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SUMMARY:SOHO Forum Debate: Artificial intelligence poses a threat to the survival of humanity that must be actively addressed by government.
DESCRIPTION:Resolution\n\n\n\nArtificial intelligence poses a threat to the survival of humanity that must be actively addressed by government.\n\n\n\nThe Sheen Center\n\n\n\n18 Bleecker Street\, New York\, NY 10012Doors open at 6:00 PMMeeting convenes: 6:30 PMReception: 8:00 PMModerated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein. \n\n\n\nBUY DEBATE TICKETS \n\n\n\nYou will not be required to show proof of vaccination in order to attend in person. \n\n\n\nREVIEW EVENT DETAILS \n\n\n\nFor the affirmative: \n\n\n\nSusan Schneider writes about the nature of the self and mind\, especially from the vantage point of issues in philosophy\, AI\, cognitive science and astrobiology. Before opening the Center for the Future Mind she held the NASA Chair with NASA and the Distinguished Scholar Chair at the Library of Congress. In her recent book\, Artificial You: AI and the Future of the Mind\, she discusses the philosophical implications of AI\, and\, in particular\, the enterprise of “mind design.” Schneider recently completed a three year project with NASA on the future of intelligence. She now works with Congress on AI policy\, appears frequently on television shows on stations such as PBS and The History Channel\, and writes opinion pieces for the New York Times\, Scientific American and The Financial Times. \n\n\n\nFor the negative: \n\n\n\nJobst Landgrebe is an entrepreneur and researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence\, working on both the mathematical foundations and also the philosophical implications of AI technology. In 2013 he founded the company Cognotekt in Cologne\, Germany\, where he serves as managing director. At Cognotekt\, he has co-designed and directed the creation of several software product lines\, including: Wernicke® — the core Cognotekt software for the automated transformation of language into mathematical logic — and Eloquent\, a program for mailroom automation including automated extraction and processing of mail content. Together with philosopher Barry Smith\, he has published the 2023 book\, Why Machines Will Never Rule the World: Artificial Intelligence Without Fear. He also works in the area of ontology research.
URL:https://reason.org/event/soho-forum-debate-artificial-intelligence-poses-a-threat-to-the-survival-of-humanity-that-must-be-actively-addressed-by-government/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott
DESCRIPTION:The Reason Speakeasy is a monthly\, unscripted conversation with outspoken defenders of free thinking and heterodoxy. It doubles as a live taping of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast. \n\n\n\nThe guests this time are Greg Lukianoff\, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)\, and Rikki Schlott\, a New York Post columnist and Reason contributor\, who will discuss their new book\, The Canceling of the American Mind: How Cancel Culture Undermines Trust\, Destroys Institutions\, and Threatens Us All. \n\n\n\nIn 2018\, Greg coauthored (with Jonathan Haidt) The Coddling of the American Mind\, which documented how colleges and universities had become the enemies of a rich intellectual and cultural life. The Canceling of the American Mind extends and updates that analysis and offers concrete solutions on how to fight back against attempts to shut down free speech on campus\, social media\, and in the workplace. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30 p.m.\, and the program starts at 7:00 p.m. Ticket includes beer\, wine\, soft drinks\, and a buffet of light food.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-greg-lukianoff-and-rikki-schlott/
LOCATION:New York
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SUMMARY:SOHO Forum Debate: Between now and 2035\, electric vehicles in the consumer market will disappoint environmentalists by remaining a product bought mainly by the well-heeled minority.
DESCRIPTION:Resolution\n\n\n\nBetween now and 2035\, electric vehicles in the consumer market will disappoint environmentalists by remaining a product bought mainly by the well-heeled minority.\n\n\n\nThe Sheen Center\n\n\n\n18 Bleecker Street\, New York\, NY 10012Doors open at 6:00 PMMeeting convenes: 6:30 PMReception: 8:00 PMModerated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein. \n\n\n\nBUY DEBATE TICKETS \n\n\n\nYou will not be required to show proof of vaccination in order to attend in person. \n\n\n\nREVIEW EVENT DETAILS \n\n\n\nFor the affirmative: \n\n\n\nMark Mills is a Manhattan Institute senior fellow\, a faculty fellow at Northwestern University’s engineering school\, and partner in Montrose Lane\, an energy-tech venture fund. He is author of the book The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s\, (2021)\, and previously: Digital Cathedrals\, (2020)\, Work in The Age of Robots (2018)\, and The Bottomless Well\, (2006). He served as chairman and CTO of ICx Technologies helping take it public (2007). Earlier Mark served in the Reagan White House Science Office\, and prior to that was an experimental physicist and development engineer in microprocessors and fiber optics. \n\n\n\nFor the negative: \n\n\n\nRosario Fortugno has extensive experience in electric vehicles\, sustainable transportation\, and autonomy. As CEO of InOrbis\, he helped develop innovative technologies for electric vehicle fleet management\, showcasing smart mobility’s potential\, while also demonstrating proficiency in the fields of autonomous vehicles and machine learning. Rosario is an advocate of the power of free market innovation\, and market-driven adoption of electric vehicles. With experience in the mining and energy industries\, he brings a unique perspective to the challenges facing sustainable transportation\, and a commitment to finding practical solutions. With his substantial experience\, technical understanding of autonomy and machine learning\, and dedication to sustainability\, Rosario Fortugno is a persuasive advocate for the accelerated adoption of electric vehicles.
URL:https://reason.org/event/soho-forum-mark-mills-and-rosario-fortugno-debate-electric-vehicles/
LOCATION:The Sheen Center\, 18 Bleecker St\, New York\, NY 10012\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Anticipating the Future with Virginia Postrel and James Pethokoukis
DESCRIPTION:When you were a kid\, did you think The Jetsons was the future? \n\n\n\nThe popular cartoon\, which predicted interactive television (Zoom calls!)\, robot maids (Roombas\, which don’t approach Rosie’s room-cleaning skills)\, and flying cars (still way in the future!) was set in 2062\, which is less than 40 years away. We have a lot to accomplish between then and now if we want to live in the vision that Hanna-Barbera predicted—but perhaps our goals have changed? \n\n\n\nOn Monday\, October 16\, please join Reason Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward and two of today’s most interesting and opinionated thinkers for a spirited discussion of the cultural conditions that drive progress. Acclaimed author (and former Reason editor in chief) Virginia Postrel—who isn’t a Jetsons’ fan—and American Enterprise Institute scholar James Pethokoukis—who is—will consider how breakthroughs in technology and ideas move us forward. \n\n\n\nPlease register for this lively evening by October 9. 
URL:https://reason.org/event/anticipating-the-future-with-virginia-postrel-and-james-pethokoukis/
LOCATION:Reason DC\, 1630 Connecticut Ave NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20009\, United States
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