It was a delight having Barry on my show. We spoke about a bunch of things including the Future !
Barry O'Reilly is a business advisor, entrepreneur, and author who has pioneered the intersection of business model innovation, product development, organizational design, and culture transformation.
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Welcome to a new episode of the Ian Khan Show. In this special “After Shock” series, I am interviewing with one of the worlds Top 50 futurists.
This week I am speaking to Barry Vacker.
About Barry Vacker
Barry Vacker is a media theorist and mixed-artist whose works span the intersection of art, film, media, science, technology, and philosophy. Author of numerous books and articles, Vacker's recent books include the third edition of Media Environments (2019) and Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory (2018). Vacker's art and creative works twice received an international award: the 2010 and 2019 John Culkin Award from the Media Ecology Association. Entitled “Media(s)cene,” Vacker's recent large-scale art installation was featured during the 2019 Media Ecology Convention at the University of Toronto and he gave a lecture about this art and writings at the 2019 Festival Internacionale de Arte Contemporaneo in Leon, Mexico. Vacker's TV and radio interviews include talking with Anderson Cooper about the The Matrix and Studio 360/Public Radio International about 2001: A Space Odyssey. Barry is co-founder of the annual Temple-Arcosanti program, where students travel to the eco-city in Arizona to study media, ecology, and technology. He also enjoys teaching large lecture courses with 200+ students, especially Media and Society. Recent books Media Environments (3rd Ed.), Cognella Academic Press 2019. Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory, Co-edited with Angela Cirucci, Lexington Books 2018. Recent articles Barry Vacker, “Naked into the Cosmos: Future Shock in Space,” After Shock: The World's Foremost Futurists Reflect on 50 Years of Future Shock—And Look Ahead to the Next 50, John Shroeter ed. (Abundant World Institute 2020). Barry Vacker and Erin Espelie, “Black Mirrors, Hot Media, and Spectral Existence,” Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory, Angela Cirucci and Barry Vacker, eds. (Lexington Books 2018). Personal Website https://temple.academia.edu/BarryVacker Awards The 2019 John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology. Awarded by the Media Ecology Association. Shared with Julia Hildebrand (Eckerd College) for the essay and art project entitled “Hot and Cool in the Media(s)cene.” The 2010 John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology. Awarded by the Media Ecology Association. For the experimental film Space Times Square, which screened at numerous festivals around the world. #barryvacker#futureshock #abundantworldinstitute @AfterShock2020 #futureshockat50
About After Shock
The world's foremost futurists reflect on 50 years of Future Shock—and look ahead to the next 50 Contributors include: Alan Kay Aaron Frank Adrienne Mayor Alexander Mankowsky Alexandra Ivanovitch Alisha Bhagat Amy Zalman Anders Sorman-Nilsson Andra Keay Andrew Curry Andy Hines Anita Sengupta Anne Lise Kjaer Aris Persidis Aubrey de Grey Barry O'Reilly Barry Vacker Bill Davidow Bill Diamond Bryan Alexander Byron Reese Carlos Osorio Carver Mead Cat Tully Cindy Frewen Clem Bezold Daniel Burrus Daniel Levine David Brin David Guston David Krakauer David J. Staley David Weinberger Deb Westphal Diane M. Francis Donna Dupont Eleanor “Nell” Watson Eric Daimler Erica Bol Erik Qualman Fotis Sotiropoulos George Gilder Grady Booch Gray Scott Hannes Sjoblad Harish Natarajan Hazel Henderson Helen Messier Ian Khan Ignacio Pena Jack Uldrich James Canton Jane McGonigal Jason Jackson Jason Schenker Jay Gambetta Jeff Eisenach Jeffrey C. Bauer Jerome Glenn Jerry Fishenden Joe Dispenza Joe Tankersley Joel Garreau John L. Petersen John M. Smart John Sack John Sanei John Schroeter Jonathan Venn José Morey Kaitlyn Sadtler Kirk Borne Klee Irwin Kris Østergaard Lisa Bodell Maciej Kranz Martin Guigui Martin Rees Maggie Greyson Michael Tomczyk Michel Laberge Mick Ebeling Moon Ribas Naveen Jain Neil Jacobstein Newt Gingrich Patricia Lustig & Gill Ringland Paul Saffo Paul Stimers Po Bronson & Arvind Gupta Ray Kurzweil Rebecca Costa Richard Browning Richard Slaughter Richard Watson Richard Yonck Rodrigo Nieto Gómez Rohit Bhargava Ross Dawson Ruth Miller Sanjiv Chopra & Pankaj K Vij Sohail Inayatullah Sridhar Mahadevan Stan Rosen Stephanie Mehta Steve Waite Tanya Accone Terrence (Terry) Sejnowski Teun Koetsier Theodore Jay Gordon Thomas Frey Timothy Chou Vikram Mansharamani Wolfgang Fengler Zoltan Istvan
Publication Details
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