BIOETHICS / TECHNOLOGY & ETHICS: Melanie Swan (The New School), “Crypto Enlightenment: Ethical Implications of Blockchain Technology”

Event time: 
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 4:30pm through 6:30pm
Speaker: 
Melanie Swan, Philosopher and Social Theorist, The New School for Social Research
Event description: 

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have been in the news, but less attention gets paid to blockchains, the underlaying technology that will have an impact far beyond monetary transactions. Our next presenter will be Melanie Swan, a philosopher and economic theorist, who founded the Institute for Blockchain Studies, as well as other groups focused upon the ethics, development, and oversight of emerging technologies.

Light refreshments will be served.

Open to: 
General Public
Admission: 
Free
Contact: 
Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Contact email 
wendell.wallach@yale.edu
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