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    Can We Ever Get It Right? Voting Technology in 2018

    Wednesday, October 3, 2018 – 12:00pm

    At DefCon, in July 2017, hackers were granted legal access to several types of election systems (including voting systems, back office equipment and e-poll books) for the first time.  Reportedly, every machine was breached in some manner.  The NSA, FBI and CIA have jointly reported that Russia has…

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    Mindfulness for Pain Relief

    Friday, October 12, 2018 – 12:00pm

    Pain comes in many forms, including physical, emotional, chronic, acute, annoying, or life-altering. What tools and techniques from mindfulness help alleviate suffering and improve quality of life? Learn research highlights from mindfulness and related fields and practice strategies to address pain and enhance wellbeing.

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    #TechWontBuildIt: The New Tech Resistance

    Wednesday, July 11, 2018 – 7:00pm

    Watch the Unicorn Riot video recording of this event. Right now, most news is unbearably ugly. But in the past month, rank-and-file organizers within the tech industry have given us reasons to hope. In early June, Google engineers compelled the company to not renew Project Maven, a contract…

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  • Join us for a series of Wednesday lunch-time discussions beginning on October 3 focusing on the upcoming elections and how we might work towards a more just and civil society. Topics will include redistricting, the dramatic increase of women candidates, the vulnerabilities of voting technology, how to talk across…

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    Synaptic Stories: An evening of personal tales as diverse as our unique brains

    Thursday, September 20, 2018 – 7:00pm
    MIT Museum; 275 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

    Join us for an evening of storytelling inspired by the MIT Museum’s current exhibit, The Beautiful Brain. Based on the format of the widely popular Moth Radio Hour, our guest storytellers will explore the many dimensions and diversity of our beautiful brains with humor and poignancy. Listen to…

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