ANN ARBOR—The second lecture in a free public series that explores the interrelationship between telecommunications and law brings David Brin to the University of Michigan on Nov. 14.

Brin’s lecture, “A World Filled With Cameras: Security at the Cost of Freedom? Or Can We Have Both?” begins at 7 p.m. in Room 100, Hutchins Hall, at the U-M Law School, 625 S. State St. It will feature small discussions with the speaker and an ongoing series of campus forums led by U-M faculty, staff and students.

Brin is the author of “The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy?” (1998). Self-described “crackpot and prolific science-fiction writer,” Brin has a triple career as scientist, public speaker, and author. He has a Ph.D. in physics, but is best known for his science fiction, including the New York Times best seller “The Uplift War,” Hugo Award-winner “Startide Rising,” and “The Postman.”

The lecture series is sponsored by the Park Foundation through a grant to support colloquia and research regarding the interrelationship between telecommunications and law, and the following U-M units: Law School; Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; School of Information; College of Engineering, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

For more information, contact Lynne Watkins. He can be reached during the day at (734) 615-3885, or during the evening at (734) 302-1348.

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