| Time: | October 18, 2018, 8:30 p.m. (CEST) |
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| Venue: | Literaturhaus Stuttgart Breitscheidstr. 4 70174 Stuttgart |
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Can we do more? Can we do better? Technological advancements have set their sights on the human brain. Lots of things are already possible, but expectations grow with progress. How can we think more efficiently, stimulate our senses, reduce our sleep? Miriam Meckel believes that the process of self-optimization oversteps a dangerous boundary. For many years, the editor of WirtschaftsWoche and Professor of Communication Management has been observing how new technologies are changing our lives. Her new book “Mein Kopf gehört mir” (My head belongs to me) warns of the importance of maintaining autonomy over our own brains.
The historian Nina Verheyen also focuses on the subject of optimization in her new book “Die Erfindung der Leistung”, where she investigates how the idea of individual and objectively measurable performance first came into being and began changing our everyday lives. Evaluations of performance are less objective than they might appear at first glance, which is why professional pathways for men and women were and are controlled by political powers and why our hierarchical order has become so established with the help of apparently neutral and emancipative concepts of performance. Must one overcome this orientation towards performance in order to be fair? Nina Verheyen believes not. She advocates for a social definition of performance that opposes optimization constraints and both social and gender imbalances.
Moderation: Insa Wilke
This event is organized by the University of Stuttgart’s IZKT, in cooperation with Literaturhaus Stuttgart.
Entrance fees: 10 euros. Free for students.
Event language: German