From Baudrillard to blockbusters…

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In the topsy-turvy wonderland of the postmodern age, many of us are lost. From Baudrillard to blockbusters, cyberspace to statecraft, the contemporary world is a pageant of fantasies. Should we ‘get real’ and see reality as more than cultural consensus, or can we embrace fantasy and build better lives?

The Panel

Oxford neuroscientist and director of The Human Mind Project Colin Blakemore, anthropologist Dan Everett and dystopian fiction author Richard K. Morgan find fantasy in reality.

 

 

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