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We’ve heard of glass reusable straws, of cutting down meat consumption, of taking fewer planes...

But how can our daily actions make a difference? How can we live anti-consumerist practices every day?

Bio:

Two short lectures in an evening celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of Terry Kirk, Professor of Art History at The American University of Rome, 1990-2009.

Companies such as Google, Facebook and other platforms have become more powerful than many western states. This lecture will explain why their influence can be detrimental for democracy and public discourse and what the State can do to regain power in the next decades.