Talks

Fred Turner

Technology & Counterculture from World War II to Today

Recorded live on Nov 15, 02016 at The Interval at Long Now

Stanford historian Fred Turner discussed how concerns about mass media in the 01940s set the stage for not only the psychedelic 01960s, but also today's social media. This presentation connects the subjects of Turner's two most recent books: From Counterculture to Cyberculture and The Democratic Surround. Fred Turner is a two-time fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) who co-presented this talk.

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