The Equality Machine FUNTIME BOOK PARTY

The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policyis an interdisciplinary center housed at NYU School of Law that focuses on legal and policy issues related to innovation, such as intellectual property law, information law, and competition law. It draws together legal scholars and practitioners, economists, historians, culturalists, social scientists, and representatives of the innovation industries to examine questions on allocating global resources to creative activities, to study the legal regimes and cultural forces that influence innovation, to explore methods for optimizing the exploitation of intellectual products, and to search for new ways to facilitate the transfer of technology from creator to end-user, across fields, and among nations.Learn more about the Engelberg Center

Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law

Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can harness to achieve equality and a better future.

NYU School of Law, Furman Hall

P﻿rofessor<a href="https://www.sandiego.edu/law/faculty/biography.php?profile_id=2844" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Orly Lobel</a> presents her book, <a href="https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/orly-lobel/the-equality-machine/9781541774735/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Equality Machine </a>(an Economist Best Book of 2022), in this one-hour FUNTIME BOOK PARTY. Much has been written about the challenges tech presents to equality and democracy. But we can either criticize big data and automation or steer it to do better. Lobel argues that while we cannot stop technological development, we can direct its course according to our most fundamental values. Lobel explains that digital technology frequently has a comparative advantage over humans in detecting discrimination, correcting historical exclusions, subverting long-standing stereotypes, and addressing the world’s thorniest problems: climate, poverty, injustice, literacy, accessibility, speech, health, and safety. Lobel&#x27;s examples—from labor markets to dating markets—suggest how we can harness technology for good. T﻿his is an in-person event, and we will not offer a livestream. However, we will publish the audio file on our podcast page <a href="https://engelberg-center-live.simplecast.com/episodes" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> for your enjoyment a week after the event.L﻿unch will be provided. This event has been approved for one New York State CLE credit in the category of Areas of Professional Practice. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is suitable for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys.C﻿LE readings can be found <a href="https://www.nyuengelberg.org/event-cle/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. This event is governed by the Engelberg Center&#x27;s <a href="https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/engelberg/code-of-conduct" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Code of Conduct</a>

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