Birth Name:

Alan N. Shapiro

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Apr 23, 1956

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Age:

68

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

3°

Tau

30'

About Alan N. Shapiro

Alan N. Shapiro (born 23 April 1956 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American science fiction and media theorist. He is a lecturer and essayist in the fields of science fiction studies, media theory, posthumanism, French philosophy, creative coding, technological art, sociology of culture, social choreography, software theory, robotics, artificial intelligence, and futuristic and transdisciplinary design. Shapiro's book and other published writings on Star Trek have contributed to a change in public perception about the importance of Star Trek for contemporary culture. His published essays on Jean Baudrillard - especially in the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies - have contributed to a change in public perception about the importance of Baudrillard's work for culture, philosophy, sociology, and design.

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External Links:

• Alan N. Shapiro: Technologist and Futurist

• lecture in Berlin on "The New Computer Science" December 8, 2009

• "I Consider Star Trek to be a great text of Western Civilization," Joachim Scholl interviews Alan N. Shapiro.

• article on Shapiro in the Berlin daily newspaper "Neues Deutschland" January 5, 2010

• interview on Deutschlandradio, February 5, 2010

• lecture in Amsterdam on Wikipedia at the Critical Point of View, Wikipedia Research Initiative conference, March 26, 2010

• Alan N. Shapiro interviewed by Father Roderick about Star Trek, on Catholic WIFI radio

• Alan N. Shapiro (together with Patrick Lichty and Father Roderick) interviewed by Erik Boekesteijn on Wikipedia and libraries, on vimeo show "This Week in Libraries."

• Bayerischer Rundfunk 38-minute programme about the ideas and projects of Alan N. Shapiro, produced by Florian Fricke March 26, 2010

• "Re-Thinking Science," We-Magazine Special: Future Challenges, Bertelsmann Foundation, April 2010.

• "Who Are the New Radical Thinkers in Europe?" (discussion with Franco Torriani) NoemaLab.org 2010

• "Lost: The Crash Out of Globalization and into the World" AVINUS Press Online Magazine, 2007

• video of lecture in Leipzig on "The Library of the Future" at the Critical Point of View, Wikipedia Research Initiative conference, September 26, 2010

• "The Future of the Image, part one", Journal on Images and Culture, February 2013

• 112-minute radio programme about Mr. Shapiro on Estonia Public Broadcasting Radio 2 on the show »HALLO, KOSMOS!«, September 2011.

• 15-minute interview with Mr. Shapiro on the television program "Wonderland" on the Italian TV station RAI4, October 2012.

• Interview with Mr. Shapiro about "Lost" on the television program "Mainstream" on the Italian TV station RAI4, June 2012.

• Interview with Mr. Shapiro about "The Prisoner" on the television program "Mainstream" on the Italian TV station RAI4, June 2012.

• Towards a New Green Politics, October 2012

• Video Interview, May 2013

• Software Code as Expanded Narration, February 2014

• The Meaning of 'The Prisoner', April 2014

• Storytelling and Ideas in the Age of Computer-Intensive Media Products, March 2015

• The Internet of Creators, April 2015

• Creative Commons, The Next Generation, July 2015

• From Digital Culture to Quantum Culture, July 2015

• As Creators Make Money, They Transform What Money Is, August 2015

• nella nuova fantascienza gli androidi hanno un cuore Interview at Milan World Expo, September 2015

• Philosophy, Science and Ecology, December 2015

• Creative Coding video, 2015

• Donald Trump Casino Owner: Seduced to Losing by the Lure of Winning, February 2016

• Homage to Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Socialism and George Orwell’s 1984, February 2016

• The Paradox of Foreseeing the Future, February 2016

• What is Hypermodernism?, March 2016

• Fiktion ist der Schlüssel zu kreativen Lösungen, June 2016

• Baudrillard and Trump: Simulation and Object-Orientation, Not True and False, January 2017

• Baudrillard and Trump: The Fifth Order of Simulacra, February 2017

• Light-Writing from Las Vegas, August 2017

• Star Trek Forscher in Luzern, 2018

• Alan Shapiro: Dank Star Trek zur nächsten technischen Revolution, 2018

• The Simulacra of Public Space: The Work of Christos Voutichtis, 2018

• Gestalt-Ideas at the Interface between Theory and Practice, 2018

• Gerry Coulter, Sophie Calle, and Baudrillard's Pursuit in Venice, November 2018

• Zur Mobilität von Morgen, video interview, 2018

• Mobility and Science Fiction, June 2019

• The Prisoner as The Hostage and the Episode A.,B., and C, September 2019

• Baudrillard's Importance for the Future, October 2019

• Roadmap künstliches Leben: Auf dem weg zu dialogischer künstlicher Intelligenz, 2019

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Alan N. Shapiro: Sun 3 Taurus, Moon 16 Libra, Mercury 21 Taurus, Venus 18 Gemini, Mars 5 Aquarius, Jupiter 21 Leo, Saturn 1 Sagittarius, Uranus 28 Cancer, Neptune 28 Libra, Pluto 26 Leo, Sun Opposition Neptune, Sun Quincunx Saturn, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Square Mars, Mercury Square Jupiter, Venus Sesquiquadrate Mars, Venus Sextile Jupiter, Jupiter Conjunct Pluto, Saturn Trine Uranus, Uranus Square Neptune, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Alan N. Shapiro: Living people, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, Cornell University alumni, April 23 births, American sociologists, New York University alumni, 1956 births, Science fiction critics, American speculative fiction critics

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