Grab your friends and a drink and get immersed in everything from a pitch-black dome to a fog bridge, a large-scale kaleidoscope, dazzling light displays, mind-bending mirrors, and more. Or savor adults-only programming featuring unique guest speakers, great music, specialty films, and one-of-a-kind activities. It will change how you think about the world around you. But don't take our word for it—see for yourself.
Dangerous Ideas
6:00–10:00 p.m.
"Can we plan for the unintended consequences of our actions?"
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016
What happens when ideas evolve into tools we use to navigate the world? Whether fixed into ideologies or found roaming the outskirts of social order, ideas rarely seem to end where they begin. Follow the trajectories of these explosive ideas, and explore their actual and potential consequences.
PRESENTATIONS
the bomb
7:00 p.m. DJ Set with The Acid’s Adam Freeland and Steve Nalepa
8:00 p.m. Screening
9:00 p.m. Conversation with Filmmakers Kevin Ford and Eric Schlosser
Kanbar Forum
Incarceration in America
With Craig Haney
7:00 p.m. | Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
The Story of Text
With Paul Dancstep
7:30 p.m. | Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery
Police Surveillance
With Tessa D'Arcangelew, ACLU
8:00 p.m. | Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Editing DNA
With Jonathan Kotula
8:30 p.m. | Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery
Harm Reduction in San Francisco
With Adam Butler and Terry Morris, San Francisco AIDS Foundation
6:30–9:30 p.m. | East Gallery
ACTIVITIES
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
By Osmotic Studios
6:00–10:00 p.m. | Bernard and Barbro Osher West Gallery
Superstition Obstacle Course
6:30–9:30 p.m. | Bernard and Barbro Osher West Gallery
Moral Machine
By MIT Media Lab
6:00–10:00 p.m. | South Gallery
Airing Your Dirty Laundry
6:00–10:00 p.m. | Bechtel Central Gallery
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/161951-0
Prices:
General: USD 15
Members; Free for Lab Members: USD 10
Add-On Ticket for the Tactile Dome Available for Purchase Onsite: USD 10
Category: Exhibitions
show less
Dangerous Ideas
6:00–10:00 p.m.
"Can we plan for the unintended consequences of our actions?"
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016
What happens when ideas evolve into tools we use to navigate the world? Whether fixed into ideologies or found roaming the outskirts of social order, ideas rarely seem to end where they begin. Follow the trajectories of these explosive ideas, and explore their actual and potential consequences.
PRESENTATIONS
the bomb
7:00 p.m. DJ Set with The Acid’s Adam Freeland and Steve Nalepa
8:00 p.m. Screening
9:00 p.m. Conversation with Filmmakers Kevin Ford and Eric Schlosser
Kanbar Forum
Incarceration in America
With Craig Haney
7:00 p.m. | Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
The Story of Text
With Paul Dancstep
7:30 p.m. | Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery
Police Surveillance
With Tessa D'Arcangelew, ACLU
8:00 p.m. | Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Editing DNA
With Jonathan Kotula
8:30 p.m. | Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery
Harm Reduction in San Francisco
With Adam Butler and Terry Morris, San Francisco AIDS Foundation
6:30–9:30 p.m. | East Gallery
ACTIVITIES
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
By Osmotic Studios
6:00–10:00 p.m. | Bernard and Barbro Osher West Gallery
Superstition Obstacle Course
6:30–9:30 p.m. | Bernard and Barbro Osher West Gallery
Moral Machine
By MIT Media Lab
6:00–10:00 p.m. | South Gallery
Airing Your Dirty Laundry
6:00–10:00 p.m. | Bechtel Central Gallery
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/161951-0
Prices:
General: USD 15
Members; Free for Lab Members: USD 10
Add-On Ticket for the Tactile Dome Available for Purchase Onsite: USD 10
Category: Exhibitions
Grab your friends and a drink and get immersed in everything from a pitch-black dome to a fog bridge, a large-scale kaleidoscope, dazzling light displays, mind-bending mirrors, and more. Or savor adults-only programming featuring unique guest speakers, great music, specialty films, and one-of-a-kind activities. It will change how you think about the world around you. But don't take our word for it—see for yourself.
Dangerous Ideas
6:00–10:00 p.m.
"Can we plan for the unintended consequences of our actions?"
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016
What happens when ideas evolve into tools we use to navigate the world? Whether fixed into ideologies or found roaming the outskirts of social order, ideas rarely seem to end where they begin. Follow the trajectories of these explosive ideas, and explore their actual and potential consequences.
PRESENTATIONS
the bomb
7:00 p.m. DJ Set with The Acid’s Adam Freeland and Steve Nalepa
8:00 p.m. Screening
9:00 p.m. Conversation with Filmmakers Kevin Ford and Eric Schlosser
Kanbar Forum
Incarceration in America
With Craig Haney
7:00 p.m. | Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
The Story of Text
With Paul Dancstep
7:30 p.m. | Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery
Police Surveillance
With Tessa D'Arcangelew, ACLU
8:00 p.m. | Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Editing DNA
With Jonathan Kotula
8:30 p.m. | Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery
Harm Reduction in San Francisco
With Adam Butler and Terry Morris, San Francisco AIDS Foundation
6:30–9:30 p.m. | East Gallery
ACTIVITIES
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
By Osmotic Studios
6:00–10:00 p.m. | Bernard and Barbro Osher West Gallery
Superstition Obstacle Course
6:30–9:30 p.m. | Bernard and Barbro Osher West Gallery
Moral Machine
By MIT Media Lab
6:00–10:00 p.m. | South Gallery
Airing Your Dirty Laundry
6:00–10:00 p.m. | Bechtel Central Gallery
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/161951-0
Prices:
General: USD 15
Members; Free for Lab Members: USD 10
Add-On Ticket for the Tactile Dome Available for Purchase Onsite: USD 10
Category: Exhibitions
read more
Dangerous Ideas
6:00–10:00 p.m.
"Can we plan for the unintended consequences of our actions?"
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016
What happens when ideas evolve into tools we use to navigate the world? Whether fixed into ideologies or found roaming the outskirts of social order, ideas rarely seem to end where they begin. Follow the trajectories of these explosive ideas, and explore their actual and potential consequences.
PRESENTATIONS
the bomb
7:00 p.m. DJ Set with The Acid’s Adam Freeland and Steve Nalepa
8:00 p.m. Screening
9:00 p.m. Conversation with Filmmakers Kevin Ford and Eric Schlosser
Kanbar Forum
Incarceration in America
With Craig Haney
7:00 p.m. | Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
The Story of Text
With Paul Dancstep
7:30 p.m. | Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery
Police Surveillance
With Tessa D'Arcangelew, ACLU
8:00 p.m. | Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Editing DNA
With Jonathan Kotula
8:30 p.m. | Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery
Harm Reduction in San Francisco
With Adam Butler and Terry Morris, San Francisco AIDS Foundation
6:30–9:30 p.m. | East Gallery
ACTIVITIES
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
By Osmotic Studios
6:00–10:00 p.m. | Bernard and Barbro Osher West Gallery
Superstition Obstacle Course
6:30–9:30 p.m. | Bernard and Barbro Osher West Gallery
Moral Machine
By MIT Media Lab
6:00–10:00 p.m. | South Gallery
Airing Your Dirty Laundry
6:00–10:00 p.m. | Bechtel Central Gallery
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/161951-0
Prices:
General: USD 15
Members; Free for Lab Members: USD 10
Add-On Ticket for the Tactile Dome Available for Purchase Onsite: USD 10
Category: Exhibitions
show less
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