"Searches" book talk and Q&A with author Vauhini Vara

Name: "Searches" book talk and Q&A with author Vauhini Vara
Start: 2025-04-14T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-04-14T20:00:00-07:00
Location: South San Francisco Public Library | Parks and Recreation Center

Schedule

Mon Apr 14 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

South San Francisco Public Library | Parks and Recreation Center | South San Francisco, CA

Tech journalist and author reads selections from her new book "Searches" and does Q&A about the book, technology, and related topics.
About this Event

Join journalist, editor, and author Vauhini Vara as she reads from and discusses her recently-published book "Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age," a book exploring how digital technologies, from the early days of online chatrooms, to Facebook/social media, to the iPhone, and finally to AI, have impacted her as an individual and society as a whole.

Check out Vauhini Vara's essay written in collaboration with ChatGPT, titled Ghosts, here: https://www.thebeliever.net/ghosts/

Submit questions for Vauhini: https://forms.office.com/r/EHSkZNqXCX