Hi everyone,

Psci-commers may be interested in this opportunity to hear Baroness Susan
Greenfield, Director of the Royal Institution, in conversation with Edward
Stourton, BBC. They will explore the potential impacts of science and
technology on our future lifestyle. Full details of the event follow below.

Tuesday 30 September 7.30pm
Tomorrow's people
Baroness Susan Greenfield in conversation with Edward Stourton.

Our future lifestyle may well give our grandchildren a different view of
'reality' than we have. Imagine living in an interactive and highly
personalised environment, from physical interiors, to furniture, to food.
Invisible and ubiquitous computers embedded in clothing, virtual reality and
augmented reality, may erode our sense of a solid and consistent outside
world. Clearly there will be implications for the family unit. Home will now
be seen as an extension of the individual's own mind and body, with constant
access to a collective network of data on the minutiae of everyone else's
daily life. We shall see a swing therefore to a reactive rather than a
proactive lifestyle, a blurring of the cyber- and atomic-worlds and, indeed,
a blurring of the distinction between carbon- and silicon-based systems. Our
very individuality may even be in jeopardy.

The event will take place at the Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, W1S
4BS. Tickets cost £8 (£5 concs). For more information visit www.rigb.org or
telephone 020 7409 2992.

Thanks,
Olympia

Olympia Brown
Events Assistant
The Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle Street
London W1S 4BS
Tel: 020 7670 2939
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.rigb.org

The Royal Institution is a scientific charity that, for over 200 years, has
been committed to scientific discovery and communication. Our enthusiasm for
science means we hope to involve the public in scientific debate and inform
the public about the science that affects their lives.



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