Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 - 7:30PM at The Hollywood Hill Event Center, Hollywood
In 2005 journalist Quinn Norton gave herself a sixth sense. She had a rare earth magnet implanted in her finger, which allowed her to feel electromagnetic fields. Then it all went wrong. Since her experience she has researched how technology and flesh are coming together on an individual and societal level. Body modification, pharmaceuticals, medical research, the class system, psychology and surgery are swept up in the same wave- how we see ourselves and how we act upon our bodies. We face moral and logistical dilemmas in these fields and more, but the body hackers and renegades of the world are likely to go forward with or without societal permission. The next humans will need new ethics, new markets, new laws, and different criteria for choosing research goals and legal solutions. Quinn will talk about her personal experiences, the field as it stands, and the permanent metamorphosis of what it means to be human.
$10 Cover. Complimentary Cocktails & Parking. Pre-order Meal with RSVP.
Sponsored by St. Supery Vineyards, Heineken, & Liquid Om Water.