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DESCRIPTION:This will be an in-person event on MIT campus. Registration is 
 not required.\n\nA thousand years of history and contemporary evidence make
  one thing clear: progress depends on the choices we make about technology.
  New ways of organizing production and communication can either serve the n
 arrow interests of an elite or become the foundation for widespread prosper
 ity. Today\, digital technologies and artificial intelligence threaten jobs
  and democracy through excessive automation\, massive data collection\, and
  intrusive surveillance. Will the next decades bring shared prosperity or a
  further move in the direction of two-tiered societies? Join us for this im
 portant discussion with Daron Acemoglu\, the co-author of Power and Progres
 s. \n\nSPEAKER:\n\nDaron Acemoglu is an Institute Professor at MIT and an e
 lected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences\, American Philosophical 
 Society\, the British Academy of Sciences\, the Turkish Academy of Sciences
 \, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, the Econometric Society\, th
 e European Economic Association\, and the Society of Labor Economists. He i
 s also a member of the Group of Thirty. He is the author of six books\, inc
 luding New York Times bestseller "Why Nations Fail: Power\, Prosperity\, an
 d Poverty" (joint with James A. Robinson)\, "Introduction to Modern Economi
 c Growth\," "The Narrow Corridor: States\, Societies\, and the Fate of Libe
 rty" (with James A. Robinson)\, and "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year 
 Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (with Simon Johnson). His academic
  work covers a wide range of areas\, including political economy\, economic
  development\, economic growth\, technological change\, inequality\, labor 
 economics and economics of networks. \n\nDISCUSSANT:\n\nFotini Christia is 
 the MIT Ford International Professor of the Social Sciences in the Departme
 nt of Political Science and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Internati
 onal Studies. She is director of the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
  (SSRC)\, associate director of the Institute for Data\, Systems\, and Soci
 ety (IDSS)\, and chair of the doctoral program in Social and Engineering Sy
 stems (SES) at MIT's Schwarzman College of Computing. She is the author of 
 “Alliance Formation in Civil War” (Cambridge University Press\, 2012)\, whi
 ch was awarded the Luebbert Award for Best Book in Comparative Politics\, t
 he Lepgold Prize for Best Book in International Relations\, and a Distingui
 shed Book Award from the International Studies Association. \n\nBooks will 
 be signed and sold at the event.\n\n\n\nCo-Sponsored by the MIT Center for 
 International Studies.\n\nFree & open to the public \nAlso watch it on YouT
 ube.\n\nMIT is committed to providing an environment that is accessible to 
 individuals with disabilities. If you need a disability related accommodati
 on to attend or have other questions\, please contact us at starrforum@mit.
 edu.\n\nSign up for Starr Forum emails to get notified about upcoming event
 s.\n\nA full listing of Starr Forums is available here.
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SUMMARY:Starr Forum | Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over T
 echnology and Prosperity
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