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SUMMARY:Trapped inside technology?
DTSTAMP:20261009T174914Z
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DESCRIPTION:ZEG Festival is back. With live storytelling\, music and conver
	sation\, we’ll\nexplore how a handful of tech entrepreneurs have come to d
	ominate the game and\nwhat we can do to curb the influence of big tech and
	 their all-encompassing\nsystems.\n\nA small pack of tech billionaires app
	ear to have mistaken our world for their\nchess board and the rest of us f
	or pieces. Their strategy: raise enough money to\nmove faster than anyone 
	else\, capture infrastructure that everyone depends on\,\nbecome so centra
	l the governments react to you instead of regulate you\, make the\nrules a
	nd force everyone else to live inside them.\n\nThrough live storytelling\,
	 music and conversation\, this event will explore how\ntechnology is rewri
	ting the rules of power\, how a handful of tech entrepreneurs\nhave come t
	o dominate the game and what we can do to curb the influence of big\ntech 
	and their all-encompassing systems.\n\nZEG Supra\nStay for ZEG Supra: Afte
	r the main program\, experience our twist on one of\nhumanity’s oldest sto
	rytelling traditions: a Georgian feast where delicious food\nis served alo
	ngside stories\, connection\, and dissent.\n\nAbout the speakers\n\nNatali
	a Antelava is a journalist\, co-founder and publisher of Coda Story\, and\
	nco-founder of ZEG Network\, a global platform for live journalism\, story
	telling\nand cross-disciplinary gatherings. An Emmy-nominated and award-wi
	nning\njournalist originally from Tbilisi\, Georgia\, she began her career
	 reporting in\nWest Africa before joining the BBC\, where she served as a 
	correspondent across\nthe Caucasus\, Central Asia\, the Middle East\, Wash
	ington and India.\n\nAlix Dunn is the founder and CEO of The Maybe\, a cri
	tical consultancy\,\ncollective\, and media studio challenging the power a
	nd politics of tech. She\nhosts the Computer Says Maybe weekly podcast\, s
	its on the board of Foxglove and\nis an advisor for AI Now and the AI Coll
	aborative.\n\nAbout ZEG Festival\n\nPowered by award-winning journalism fr
	om Coda Story\, ZEG’s original parent\ncompany\, ZEG Network unites invest
	igative reporters\, artists\, activists\, and\nthinkers to explore the sto
	ries shaping our collective future. The natural\nevolution of ZEG Festival
	\, Tbilisi’s renowned storytelling festival\, this\ninitiative creates spa
	ces for urgent\, cross-border conversations that challenge\ndominant narra
	tives. Through deep journalism and creative collaboration\, we work\nto am
	plify voices and ideas that reimagine what comes next for our world.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/trapped-inside-technology
GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596
LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,festivals,food,games,geopolitiek & mensenrecht
	en,leidseplein,live,music,stories,storytelling
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>ZEG Festival is back. With live sto
	rytelling, music and conversation, we’ll explore how a handful of tech ent
	repreneurs have come to dominate the game and what we can do to curb the i
	nfluence of big tech and their all-encompassing systems.</strong></p> <p>A
	 small pack of tech billionaires appear to have mistaken our world for the
	ir chess board and the rest of us for pieces. Their strategy: raise enough
	 money to move faster than anyone else, capture infrastructure that everyo
	ne depends on, become so central the governments react to you instead of r
	egulate you, make the rules and force everyone else to live inside them.</
	p> <p>Through live storytelling, music and conversation, this event will e
	xplore how technology is rewriting the rules of power, how a handful of te
	ch entrepreneurs have come to dominate the game and what we can do to curb
	 the influence of big tech and their all-encompassing systems.</p> <p><str
	ong>ZEG Supra</strong><br>Stay for ZEG Supra: After the main program, expe
	rience our twist on one of humanity’s oldest storytelling traditions: a Ge
	orgian feast where delicious food is served alongside stories, connection,
	 and dissent.</p>   About the speakers    <p><strong>Natalia Antelava</str
	ong> is a journalist, co-founder and publisher of Coda Story, and co-found
	er of ZEG Network, a global platform for live journalism, storytelling and
	 cross-disciplinary gatherings. An Emmy-nominated and award-winning journa
	list originally from Tbilisi, Georgia, she began her career reporting in W
	est Africa before joining the BBC, where she served as a correspondent acr
	oss the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East, Washington and India.</p>
	 <p><strong>Alix Dunn</strong> is the founder and CEO of The Maybe, a crit
	ical consultancy, collective, and media studio challenging the power and p
	olitics of tech. She hosts the Computer Says Maybe weekly podcast, sits on
	 the board of Foxglove and is an advisor for AI Now and the AI Collaborati
	ve.</p>      About ZEG Festival    <p>Powered by award-winning journalism 
	from Coda Story, ZEG’s original parent company, ZEG Network unites investi
	gative reporters, artists, activists, and thinkers to explore the stories 
	shaping our collective future. The natural evolution of ZEG Festival, Tbil
	isi’s renowned storytelling festival, this initiative creates spaces for u
	rgent, cross-border conversations that challenge dominant narratives. Thro
	ugh deep journalism and creative collaboration, we work to amplify voices 
	and ideas that reimagine what comes next for our world.</p>
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