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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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SUMMARY:Welcome To the Psychedelic Renaissance\, Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:“Welcome to the psychedelic ‘20s!” says Rick Doblin\, the founder and head of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelics Studies (MAPS)\, a nonprofit that has been pushing for FDA approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD and other indications for almost 40 years. He predicts that should happen within a year’s time\, even as states such as Oregon and Colorado move ahead with decriminalizing plant-based psychedelics and other drugs. \n\n\n\nDoblin is one of the main figures in Reason’s new documentary\, Welcome To the Psychedelic Renaissance\, which was filmed at MAPS’ Psychedelic Sciences Conference held this June in Denver. A reported 13\,000 researchers\, artists\, activists\, thrill-seekers\, and venture capitalists gathered to discuss all aspects of an underground movement that is fast gaining mainstream and legal acceptance. But will today’s psychedelic renaissance succeed\, or fall victim to the cultural and political problems that undermined its forerunner in the 1960s? \n\n\n\nJoin Reason’s Nick Gillespie for a viewing of the 30-minute documentary\, followed by a live discussion with Rick Doblin about the past\, present\, and future of psychedelics\, drug policy\, and drug use. Audience Q&A. This 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\nEstablished in 1968 as the nation’s libertarian magazine of “free minds and free markets\,” Reason has called for the legalization of drugs since its first issue. Go here for our continuing coverage of psychedelics.
URL:https://reason.org/event/welcome-to-the-psychedelic-renaissance-film-screening/
LOCATION:New York
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Alexandra Hudson
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 and always provides a great evening of camaraderie and conversation about cutting-edge topics and ideas. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss an evening with Alexandra Hudson\, author of The Soul of Civility\, in conversation with podcast host and Reason editor-at-large Nick Gillespie as they delve deep into the transformative potential of authentic civility. Drawing from the wisdom of philosophers like Epictetus\, twentieth-century luminaries like Martin Luther King Jr.\, and her own experiences within a politically-charged governmental environment\, Alexandra delves into how respecting someone’s personhood and dignity can transcend even the most entrenched political disagreements. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30PM and program starts at 7PM sharp. Tickets are $10 and include beer\, wine\, soft drinks\, and a buffet of light fare. Come out for an evening of great camaraderie and conversation in one of the coolest locations in Manhattan. \n\n\n\nReason is proud to produce this event in conjunction with Young Voices\, a nonprofit talent agency and PR firm for a rising generation of heterodox thinkers.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-alexandra-hudson/
LOCATION:New York
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SUMMARY:Reason Speakeasy: Yascha Mounk
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 and always provides a great evening of camaraderie and conversation about cutting-edge topics and ideas. \n\n\n\nOn Tuesday\, September 26\, Nick will interview Johns Hopkins professor Yascha Mounk\, the founder of the online magazine Persuasion and the author of the important new book The Identity Trap\, which explains how identity politics and social justice discourse have come to dominate contemporary discussions\, their negative influence on free expression\, and how to confront and defeat them. Yascha was the prime mover behind the 2020 open letter on “justice and open debate” in Harper’s magazine and is one of the best defenders of free speech and the marketplace of ideas. This is going to be a great conversation. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30PM\, program starts at 7PM and features audience Q&A. Tickets are $10 and includes beer\, wine\, soft drinks\, a buffet of snacks and appetizers\, and an evening of camaraderie and conversation. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited\, so please buy your tickets now.
URL:https://reason.org/event/reason-speakeasy-yascha-mounk/
LOCATION:New York
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