Sociology & the Digital Revolution -the Transformation of Everything w/ Lord Giddens 10/11 #LSEGiddens @LSEsociology http://buff.ly/1jnV4n2
Just heading off to hear Anthony Giddens' talk on Sociology & the Digital Revolution @LSEpublicevents #LSEGiddens http://ow.ly/Usunu
Big queue developing for #LSEGiddens already. pic.twitter.com/T9UnWepK5U
#LSEGiddens to hear about sociology & the digital age
Packed house at LSE tonight for Anthony Giddens' talk: "Sociology and the Digital Revolution-the Transformation of Everything" #LSEGiddens
I made it in without queueing and there are some spaces left. #LSEGiddens https://twitter.com/lsepublicevents/status/664139034193764352 …
About to hear Prof Lord Giddens' talk on sociology and digital revolution #LSEGiddens
.@EdelmanUK Tech night out for @ellieyeahh and me at @LSEpublicevents for sociology and the digital revolution #lsegiddens #lovetech
So excited to hear Anthony Giddens, one of the greatest sociologists of our time, speaking about #sociology & #digitalrevolution #LSEGiddens
.@LSEsociology's #LSEGiddens talk underway. Great to see such a good turnout. pic.twitter.com/h6YVJmZfi8
#LSEGiddens amazing event hosted by LSE!! pic.twitter.com/WlsFMPqH8e
At #LSEGiddens talk The Digital Revolution -the Transformation of Everything @LSEsociology (everything?! is nothing sacred? Curious to know)- The technological revolution will be greater than the industrial revolution #lsegiddens
- Proffessor Lord Gibbons "the invention of the Internet is equivalent to the invention of writing" #lsegiddens
#LSEGiddens on unprecedented scope, reach + pace of social change thro digital revolution- First time in human history that most advanced tech has gone to poorest societies #LSEGiddens
- Eg. migrants use smartphones, GPS etc to chart their journeys #LSEGiddens
- The 1st telephone took 75 yrs to reach 50mil people. Contrast: the smartphone reached 2 billion worldwide within only a few yrs #LSEGiddens
- With available tech, first time ever that no-one's 'outside' #LSEGiddens
- The Digital Revolution: this is the 1st time advanced technology has gone directly to the poorest countries in the world #LSEGiddens
- Reckons that half the world's population inc kids have seen a beheading video - at once theocratic + on edge of modernity #LSEGiddens
- Digital rev brings economic scope we would not have thought possible, eg. able to speak+see home for free changes migration #LSEGiddens
- The smartphone in your pocket is more powerful than the most powerful supercomputer in the world 30 yrs ago #LSEGiddens Ahh.. #technology
- Beyond sci fi of 30 years ago! awesome algorithmic power of networked supercomputers #LSEGiddens
Sociology and the Digital Revolution - the Transformation of Everything
Professor Lord Giddens. Chair: Howard Covington. Tuesday 10 November 2015. Old Theatre, Old Building. London School of Economics and Political Science.
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