As the power of the Silicon Valley tech giants grow, more and more commentators say that nerds run the world. But who are the nerds, and would they run the world better or worse than the current political establishment? 

Perhaps we live in a ‘runaway world’, where no one is in charge – a world in which ‘nerdy’ creations like algorithms and AI run rampant. If that’s the case, what can ordinary citizens do about it? 

BIO

Dr John Postill teaches communication at RMIT University. He has a PhD in Anthropology from University College London and is the author of The Rise of Nerd Politics (2018), Localising the Internet (2011) and Media and Nation Building (2008), the co-author of Digital Ethnography (2016) and co-editor of Theorising Media and Practice (2010). He is currently writing a historical anthropology of media and communication titled Runaway Media as well as his first novel, Life of Piñas.

8:30 PM @Bar Ampere, 16 Russell Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000

Entrance over 18  |  The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Also speaking at Bar Ampere at 6:30 pm Djoymi Baker