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Litshop presents, Benjamin Mangrum “The Romantic Comedy of Computation”
December 1, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Litshop presents,
The Romantic Comedy of Computation
When: Thursday, December 1st
Where: Building 14, 14N-417 (map)
Doors open @ 5:00pm; Introduction begins @ 5:15pm
Presented by: Benjamin Mangrum,
Assistant Professor, Literature Section at MIT
This talk examines a minor genre in the cultural history of the computer—a genre that I call the romantic comedy of computation. People falling in love using computers, computers falling in love with people, and a hoped-for union between human beings and computing machines are all variations on this genre. I’ll show how these versions of romantic comedy stand in for professional anxieties about corporate life and middle-class fantasies about private satisfaction.
Non-MIT community members may respond to this email for a Tim Ticket in order to get access to the building.
This event is invitation only!
Literature Section
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue 14N-407
Cambridge, MA 02139
tel: (617) 253-3581
