Events
Date: December 9th 2020, 7 - 10pm Location: Virtual (Zoom) Cost: Suggested donation of $20 gets you Zoom link to join Join EFF-Austin on Wednesday, December 9th, for our annual (virtual) holiday gathering and fundraiser* as we explore possibilities and our collective potential in the coming year and beyond. Treat
Events
Featuring: Bruce Sterling (Chairman Bruce, the godfather of cyberpunk), author Christopher Brown with his talk “True dystopia: martial law and emergency powers in fact and fiction (including times of quarantine),” The Santa Fe Institute's Michael Garfield with his talk, Complex Systems Science & The Social Hazards of the
Activism
EFF-Austin is back with our annual unofficial SXSW shindig, and this year we're throwing a house party and all the cyberpunks are invited! Come join us at our board member Chris Boyd's house in Travis Heights, easy Lyft, biking, or scooter distance from downtown but a
Events
Join us at the North Door on Wednesday, November 14th for this month’s Nerd Nite! Nerd Nite 108 – Hackers, Lawyers, and Cyberpunks: Adventures on the Electronic Frontier 7:00– Alley entrance open 7:20– Speed-dating starts 7:30– Seating area/main room open 8:00– Show starts SPEED DATING
Activism
The Cypherpunks Strike Back - Tomorrow's Tech Activism Today - Sunday, March 11th, 7:00pm-11:00pm, The High Road on Dawson The annual EFF-Austin Cyberpunk Party is upon us! Check back at this space for additional details as they are confirmed. In the ongoing crises of our present
Creativity and Innovation
Our speakers this month will be members of the Deep Dive Austin team. The Interactive Deep Dive, Ractive, and Live In Theater come together to discuss the potential of combining virtual reality and live interactive performance for the purposes of simulation training and digital storytelling. The development teams will present
Events
Our speaker this month will be Ryan Frisinger. Ryan is an interdisciplinary specialist operating at the intersections of medicine and culture. His major research project is the interaction between genetics, biotechnology, medicine, culture and the humanities. With an emphasis on biohacking, Ryan designs custom health programs that address genetic weaknesses,
Creativity and Innovation
EFF-Austin board member Heather Barfield is curating a series of short, privacy-themed plays that will run November 2nd-5th at The Vortex. A collaboration with the Goethe-Institute Washington, multiple local directors will stage a variety of short plays from international playwrights that explore the value, nature, and evolution of privacy. VORTEX
Creativity and Innovation
Of Boolean Logic, BBSes, Berkeley, and Burning Man: Early ‘90s startup culture in the East Bay Our speaker this month will be Maggie Duval. Maggie is a technology, web, marketing, strategy and development consultant, educator and event producer whose work supports holistic, personalized approaches to learning. She is an expert