Teens Day

The participants will discuss how to evaluate the social impact of charity programs and whether it is possible to maintain a balance between the intention to “save everyone” and our limited resources.

While some charity organizations support children, others aid elderly people. Can we claim however that any of these directions is more important than the rest? WWF Russia, for instance, does not work with waste—despite it being a crucial environmental problem. It also operates in various regions but has deliberately distanced itself from the preservation of Baikal. Is it better to invest a large sum of money in the education of a particular talented child at one of the world’s top universities—or in the creation of an online course accessible to many children across the globe? 

The group will have to exercise in an ethical arithmetic of sorts, discuss the critical global agenda, learn how to evaluate the quality of an information source, and get introduced with the works of artists displayed in the show The Coming World that address these topics.

About the lecturers

Pavel Boev is co-founder and Science Director at the project “The Epoch of Anthropocene”. Anthropologist, ecologist, graduate of Bristol University and Higher School of Economics. Having previously worked at the UN, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, Russian Geographical Society, and WWF Russia, he currently conducts research in the field of cultural anthropology in the context of environmental and technological factors impacting social development. Science editor of WWF Russia’s reports on the Russian Federation’s ecological footprint and of the Russian edition of the Living Planet Report (WWF International).

Dmitry Burenko is sociologist, co-founder and director at the project “The Epoch of Anthropocene”. He graduated in Sociology and Human Resource Management from the State University of Management where he also received a candidate degree in Social Psychology. A professional administrator with many years of experience in the fields of advertising, marketing, fundraising, and project leadership in the sphere of sustainable development and education, he previously worked at BBDO Group and WWF.

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Based on research, expert opinions, and trends in the world of innovations and cutting-edge technologies, the speakers will try to find an answer to the question “what it means to be human in the age of smart machines” and offer their vision of a possible intercommunication between natural and artificial intelligence. The audience will learn about the probability of developing a “powerful” type of artificial intelligence, what will happen in case it is produced, whether we should consider AI a new life form, what AI can eventually become for humans—a friend, opponent, or inheritor, and, most importantly, how people are going to build a relationship with “life 3.0”.

About the lecturers

Pavel Boev is co-founder and Science Director at the project “The Epoch of Anthropocene”. Anthropologist, ecologist, graduate of Bristol University and Higher School of Economics. Having previously worked at the UN, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, Russian Geographical Society, and WWF Russia, he currently conducts research in the field of cultural anthropology in the context of environmental and technological factors impacting social development. Science editor of WWF Russia’s reports on the Russian Federation’s ecological footprint and of the Russian edition of the Living Planet Report (WWF International).

Dmitry Burenko is sociologist, co-founder and director at the project “The Epoch of Anthropocene”. He graduated in Sociology and Human Resource Management from the State University of Management where he also received a candidate degree in Social Psychology. A professional administrator with many years of experience in the fields of advertising, marketing, fundraising, and project leadership in the sphere of sustainable development and education, he previously worked at BBDO Group and WWF.

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