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Food for Thought Hacking Happiness Custer and Grant
Tom Parker Bowles and John C. Havens H.W. Brands and T.J. Stiles
Elizabeth Sorensen Wednesday 9:30–10:15 am Wednesday 9:30–10:15 am
Wednesday 9:30–10:15 am Anne Rice Room Joan Didion Room
Walt Disney Room
We are all at the very least wary, if not frightened, Two master biographers will compare the lives and
According to Virginia Woolf, “One cannot think that our digital identities can be stolen for nefarious historical impact of George Armstrong Custer and
well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” purposes. Futurist and author John C. Havens President Ulysses S. Grant. With the keen insight and
The next best thing to eating food is talking about will talk us through how emerging technologies memorable storytelling that have won both authors
it. Please join Tom Parker Bowles, one of England’s can help us reclaim valuable data for ourselves for numerous awards, H.W. Brands and T.J. Stiles
most celebrated food writers; Elizabeth Sorensen, positive gain. Havens will take it to the next level will bring their subjects to life as fully developed
Anglo-American foodie; and chef and restaurateur by explaining how technology can be utilized to characters living in a very different America. Custer
Tara Lazar, founder of F10 Creative in Palm Springs, improve the human experience, drive social change, and Grant are often seen as hard-nosed military men
for a highly informed look at food. and better our lives to create a happier civilization. of the nineteenth century living through different
With David Bryant. eras in a much younger nation where conflict would
forge the future. Stiles and Brands will bring great
vitality and scholarship to what will be a memorable
conversation.

“We want to make sure the
lens we look through has been
programmed with our ethical

perspective ... We need to
determine whether we want the
self-driving car to swerve to avoid
a child in the road even if it risks
the lives of our passengers.”

— John C. Havens

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