Hannah Arendt Center and Center for Civic Engagement Present
"Why Privacy Matters" The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities Eighth Annual Conference
Thursday, October 15, 2015 – Friday, October 16, 2015
Olin Hall
What Do We Lose When We Lose Our Privacy?
“A life spent entirely in public, in the presence of others, becomes, as we would say, shallow.” —Hannah Arendt
Reading on a Kindle, searching Google, and using cell phones, we leave a data trail of intimate details. Government and business tracks our comings, goings, and doings. Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems speaks for many when he says: “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.” It is easy to notice the violence of the slogan, “if you have nothing to hide; you have nothing to fear”; but few offer an intelligent response. Why is that we are complicit in the loss of our privacy of privacy? How is that we rarely register its loss? Do we simply value privacy less? It is time to ask the question: Why Privacy Matters?Featured Speakers
Edward Snowden (via satallite) NSA Whistle Blower
David Brin Multiple award-winning author for novels like The Postman and author of The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy?
Anita Allen Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Philosophy (U Penn); author of Unpopular Privacy: What Must We Hide?
Jeremy Waldron NYRB Contributor and author of Dignity, Rank, and Rights
Schedule: The full conference schedule and speaker times will be posted sometime in August 2015.
Thursday, Oct. 15th (10am-6pm)
Friday, Oct. 16th (10am-4pm)
Registration: Due to overwhelming demand, and in order to guarantee seats to registrants, we have closed online registration at this time. Onsite Registration will be available for $45. Bard Faculty, Staff, and Students are free to attend.
Press Release
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For more information, call 845-758-7878, e-mail [email protected],
or visit http://hac.bard.edu/conference-fall15.
Location: Olin Hall