Prof. Nathwani (Executive Director, WISE) was invited to attend The Waterloo Symposium on Technology and Society, seeking to promote public discourse in Canada and beyond on the societal challenges and opportunities created by innovations in four primary areas: artificial intelligence, robotics, big data and social media.
The Centre for Security Governance hosted the fourth Waterloo Symposium on Technology & Societyon December 10, 2019. Douglas Rushkoff delivered the keynote lecture titled “Team Human: It’s Time to Remake Society Together as the Team We Are.” Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. In his talk, Rushkoff argued that we are essentially social creatures, and that we achieve our greatest aspirations when we work together — not as individuals.