Welcome to the LSE Events Podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.
Welcome to the LSE.
My name is Lea Uppi.
I'm the Ralph Miliband Professor of Politics and Philosophy here at the LSE.
And it's my great pleasure to welcome tonight's speaker, Dr. Evgeny Morozov, who will speak about socialism after AI.
Evgeny is a Belarusian and Italian writer.
He was named one of the 28 most influential Europeans by Politico
in 2018. He holds a PhD in the history of science from Harvard University,
and he's the author of The Net Delusion, The Dark Side of Internet Freedom,
and To Save Everything, Click Here, The Folly of Technological Solutionism,
both of which were listed among the 100 notable books of the year by the New York Times.
His latest podcast is A Sense of Rebellion
and came out in June 2024. This evening's event is co-organized by three partners.
The Ralph Miliband Program, in which I am part of the steering committee.
The Alternatives to Capitalism Program and Equator Magazine.
The Ralph Miliband Program is one of LSE's most prestigious public lecture series,
and it was set up in 1996 thanks to a generous anonymous benefaction
from a former PhD student inspired by the work of Ralph Miliband.
And he specified that the funds should be used in memory of his friend and mentor to advance