Panel One: The Loneliness of the Digital Native
Tuesday 26 October: Brisbane: 4–5pm, London 12–1pm, Los Angeles 4–5pm
Have social media and other forms of digital communication brought us closer together or exacerbated individual isolation?
James Doty is professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founding director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. He is author of the best-selling book ‘Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart’ and senior editor of ‘The Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science’.
Osher Günsberg is one of Australia’s most recognisable media personalities: from Channel [V] and Australian Idol, to all three formats within The Bachelor franchise, Bondi Rescue and The Masked Singer Australia. A television and radio presenter, journalist, and mental health advocate, his memoir ‘Back After the Break’ describes his struggles with mental illness and his subsequent recovery.
Catherine Haslam is a professor in The University of Queensland School of Psychology. Her research explores the impact of identity on mental health and wellbeing and the importance of building social identities within groups. This has led to the development of Groups4Health, a new social intervention that helps people effectively manage their social group memberships.
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This event is presented free of charge. Please register to view at the most convenient streaming time for you using the options below:
- Brisbane: 4–5pm (NB: NSW, VIC and TAS one hour ahead of QLD)
- London: 12–1pm
- Los Angeles: 4–5pm
About Compassion and the New Technologies
The Faculty of Medicine in partnership with the Compassionate Mind Research Group of the School of Psychology presents Compassion and the New Technologies with Tegan Taylor.
What is the role of compassion in the fields of new technology?
Over the past fifty years there has been a rapid acceleration in the development of new technologies. Computation, communications and miniaturisation have brought us to a point that could hardly be imagined half a century ago. Markets have rapidly developed, and consumers have adapted, adopting each new technological innovation with alacrity. But has this made for a happier and more equitable world?
In this second series of wide-ranging conversations, we explore the role compassion can play in understanding and shaping the ways we develop and employ these new technologies. Hosted by the award-winning ABC health and science correspondent, Tegan Taylor, three diverse panels will explore successively online loneliness, cyber bullying and the potential of compassionate machines.